"The speckled sky is dim with snow, The light flakes falter and fall slow; Athwart the hill-top, rapt and pale, Silently drops a silvery veil; And all the valley is shut in By flickering curtains gray and thin."

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Source : John Townsend Trowbridge (1871). “Vagabonds: And Other Poems”, p.42

John Townsend Trowbridge

#Fall Quotes #Light Quotes #Sky Quotes

“The education of attention would be an education par excellence”
“It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.”
“I'm going to leave y'all with one thought. I'm a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.”
“I have made enough faces.”
“Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.”
“You certainly can't tell anything from the microscopic structure of the brain whether the person was an idiot or a genius.”
“The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.”

Source : "Women are the Best Warmakers". "The Day" Newspaper, July 8, 1982.
“I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.”

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