Years Long

Famous quotes containing the words years and/or long:

“For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

“Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)