West Crow Wing

Famous quotes containing the words west, crow and/or wing:

“God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)

“Only brooms
Know the devil
Still exists,

That the snow grows whiter
After a crow has flown over it,”
—Charles Simic (b. 1938)

“the uncomfortable angels that rot
On the slabs, a wing chipped here, an arm there:
The brute curiosity of an angel’s stare
Turns you, like them, to stone....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)