Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

“Small things have a way of overmastering the great.... This small press can destroy a kingdom.”
—Sonya Levien (1895–1960)

“If a child were kept in a place where he never saw any other but black and white till he were a man, he would have no more ideas of scarlet or green, than he that from his childhood never tasted an oyster, or a pineapple, has of those particular relishes.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)

“Despite my asbestos gloves,
the cough is filling me with black,
and a red powder seeps through my veins....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)