Small Candle

Famous quotes containing the words small and/or candle:

    in small war on the heels of small
    war—until the end of time
    to police the earth, a ghost
    orbiting forever lost
    in our monotonous sublime.
    Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    What did you do with your fear,
    later? Through the years of humiliation,
    of paranoia and blackmail and near-starvation, losing
    the love of those you loved, one after another,
    parents, lovers, children, idolized friends, what kept
    compassion’s candle alight in you....
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)