A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax holl...ow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon--or rather the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom... Remember us--if at all--not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What's past and what's to come is strewed with husks And formless ruin of oblivion;... But in this extant moment, faith and truth, Strained purely from all hollow bias-drawing, Bids thee, with most divine integrity, From heart of very heart, great Hector, welcome!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Farmers in overalls and wide-brimmed straw hats lounge about the store on hot summer days, when the most common sound is the thump...-thump-thump of a hound's leg on the floor as he scratches contentedly. Oldtime hunters say that fleas are a hound's salvation: his constant twisting and clawing in pursuit of the tormentors keeps his joints supple.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Which is more important to you, your field or your children?" the department head asked. She replied, "That's like asking me if I... could walk better if you amputated my right leg or my left leg."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »