Town Hall Tonight

Famous quotes containing the words town, hall and/or tonight:

    Such a set of tittle tattle, prittle prattle visitants! Oh Dear! I am so sick of the ceremony and fuss of these fall lall people! So much dressing—chitchat—complimentary nonsense—In short, a country town is my detestation. All the conversation is scandal, all the attention, dress, and almost all the heart, folly, envy, and censoriousness.
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)

    I was afraid the waking arm would break
    From the loose earth and rub against his eyes
    A fist of trees, and the whole country tremble
    In the exultant labor of his rise;
    —Donald Hall (b. 1928)

    And tonight our skins, our bones,
    that have survived our fathers,
    will meet, delicate in the hold,
    fastened together in an intricate
    lock. Then one of us will shout,
    “My need is more desperate!”
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)