Famous quotes containing the words stem and/or words:
“Bite down
on the bitter stem of your nectared
rose, you know
the dreamy stench of death and fling
magenta shawls delicately
about your brown shoulders laughing.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”
—Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)