Stained

Famous quotes containing the word stained:

    “And like a little beast,
    Dappled and without horns,
    That scampered on the hill-rocks,
    They will leave you
    With stained throat”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “I think I could . . .
    if I’d been different, or wise, or calm,
    I think I could have charmed the table,
    the stained dish or the hand of the dealer.
    But it’s done.
    It’s all used up.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “A saint about to fall,
    The stained flats of heaven hit and razed
    To the kissed kite hems of his shawl....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)