Whistle Stop Train

Famous quotes containing the words whistle, stop and/or train:

    The dusk runs down the lane driven like hail;
    Far off a precise whistle is escheat
    To the dark; and then the towering weak and pale....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “... He thinks you ought to pay me for my flowers.
    You don’t know what I mean about the flowers.
    Don’t stop to try to now. You’ll miss your train.
    Good-by.” He flung his arms around his face.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he’ll escape.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)