White House Ceremony

Famous quotes containing the words white, house and/or ceremony:

    “The white hive is snug as a virgin,
    Sealing off her brood cells, her honey, and quietly humming.

    Smoke rolls and scarves in the grove.
    The mind of the hive thinks this is the end of everything.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man’s needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.”
    —Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)

    “But ceremony never did conceal,
    Save to the silly eye, which all allows,
    How much we are the woods we wander in.”
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)