Small Black Powder

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

    “If small holes are not mended, great holes will cause great mischief.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Ach, Mutter,
    This old, black dress,
    I have been embroidering
    French flowers on it.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “My little ‘bout-town gal has gone
    ‘Bout town with powder and blue dye
    On her pale lids....”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)