Wind Compass Rose

Famous quotes containing the words wind, compass and/or rose:

    “When the wind carries a cry which is meaningful to human ears, it is simpler to believe the wind shares with us some part of the emotion of Being than that the mysteries of a hurricane’s rising murmur reduce to no more than the random collision of insensate molecules.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)

    “To “give style” to one’s character—a rare and noble art! Those practice it who compass all that their natures present as strengths and weaknesses and then fit them into an artistic plan until every one appears as art and reason and even weakness enchants the eye.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “I shall smile when wreaths of snow
    Blossom where the rose should grow;
    I shall sing when night’s decay
    Ushers in a drearier day.”
    —Emily Brontë (1818–1848)