White Tie/elements

Famous quotes containing the words white, tie and/or elements:

    “On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
    Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Oh, darling, let your body in,
    let it tie you in,
    in comfort.
    What I want to say, Linda,
    is that women are born twice.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Icebergs behoove the soul
    (both being self-made from elements least visible
    to see them so; fleshed, fair, erected indivisible.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)