Upper Black Eddy

Famous quotes containing the words upper, black and/or eddy:

    “The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    “The monotonous dead clog me up and there is only
    black done in black that oozes from the strongbox.
    I must disembowel it and then set the heart, the legs,
    of two who were one upon a large woodpile
    and ignite, as I was once ignited, and let it whirl
    into flame....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air?”
    —Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)