Famous quotes containing the words white flowers, white and/or flowers:
“iris and lilac, birds
birds, yellow flowers
white flowers, the Diesel
does not let up dragging
the plow”
—Charles Olson (1910–1970)
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men
Now far from home,”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)