Small Body

Famous quotes containing the words small and/or body:

“He zigzagged.
He was a knotted hiss.
He was an insane hash
Of rebellious small strengths”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“The poet’s body even is not fed like other men’s, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives a divine life. By the healthful and invigorating thrills of inspiration his life is preserved to a serene old age.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)