Stones

Famous quotes containing the word stones:

“As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.”
—James Fenton (b. 1949)

“our philosophy
Which stops, as cold and bare
As headless hair,
As lifeless as your bones,
Obtuse as meadow stones ...”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)