White Dwarf Stars

Famous quotes containing the words white, dwarf and/or stars:

    “The silence is death.
    It comes each day with its shock
    to sit on my shoulder, a white bird,
    and peck at the black eyes
    and the vibrating red muscle
    of my mouth.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “When I lie down to love,
    old dwarf heart shakes her head.
    Like an imbecile she was born old.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The great ship, Balayne, lay frozen in the sea.
    The one-foot stars were couriers of its death
    To the wild limits of its habitation.
    These were not tepid stars of torpid places
    But bravest at midnight and in lonely spaces,
    They looked back at Hans’ look with savage faces.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)