Tiger Skin

Famous quotes containing the words tiger and/or skin:

“A tiger in a deep pit can be bullied by dogs.”
—Chinese proverb.

“You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns.

And it exhausts me to watch you
Flickering like that, wrinkly and clear red, like the skin of a mouth.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)