Each day the storm
Each day the storm clouds were opening like great purple flowers and pouring out their dark thunder. Each nightfall, the storm was laid down on their houses like a burden the day had carried. Eudora Welty
Purple
I play these sort
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy material. Just the juxtaposition of the different styles in itself sometimes is funny. Like, I do sort of an acoustic version of ‘Purple Haze’ that has some bluegrass licks in … Read more
Seek to be the
Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown. Epictetus
If you see anybody
If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple. Epictetus
If I’m feeling tired,
If I’m feeling tired, I just say, ‘I’m going to paint my nails purple and put some lipstick on!’ Emma Watson
My Faith is larger
My Faith is larger than the Hills— So when the Hills decay— My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way— ‘Tis first He steps upon the Vane— And then — upon the Hill— And then abroad the World He go To do His Golden Will— And if His Yellow feet … Read more
An altered look about
An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the lawn; A print of a vermilion foot; A purple finger on the slope; A flippant fly upon the pane; A spider at his trade again; An added strut in chanticleer; A flower … Read more
Dreams are the subtle
Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door. Emily Dickinson
Not one of all
Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break agonized and clear. Emily Dickinson
I had the misfortune
I had the misfortune of getting what skateboarders call hippers. It’s when you fall on your hip again and again and again, just the same spot. It turns into like a blue purple bruise and it’s just torture because I had to keep on doing the same move, going around in the pool again. Emile … Read more