Tail Point Light

Famous quotes containing the words tail, point and/or light:

    “His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes—
    Cats—I believe he did but feign to hate.
    My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
    Mine eyes the tail that wagg’d contempt at Fate.”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “All our Concord waters have two colors at least; one when viewed at a distance, and another, more proper, close at hand.... Walden is blue at one time and green at another, even from the same point of view. Lying between the earth and the heavens, it partakes of the color of both.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The light passes
    from ridge to ridge,
    from flower to flower.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)