Famous quotes containing the words written, laurence and/or marks:
“The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1941)
“Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,
Whah de branchll go a-singin as it pass.”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906)
“If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with course black hair, and grey eyesno other marks or brands recollected.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)