Uncalled Winning Hand

Famous quotes containing the words winning and/or hand:

    “You with a bad coin in your socket,
    You my friend there with a winning air
    Who palmed the lie on me when you looked
    Brassily at my shyest secret ...”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “... A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is like a beautiful hand with long fingers reaching out to pluck a perfect fruit, without error, for the accurate eye knows well it is growing just there on the branch, while Ulysses is the fumbling of a horned hand in darkness after a doubted jewel.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)