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- It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north… — Wallace Stevens
- The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though… — Louis Aragon
- I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please… — Philippe Halsman
- The created order is everywhere punched and torn open by ellipses, drifts, and leaks of meaning: it is a sieve-order. — Michel de Certeau
- Winter Song The browns, the olives, and the yellows died, And were swept up to heaven; where they glowed Each dawn and… — Wilfred Owen
- The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry… — Ezra Pound
- September fattens on vines. Roses flake from the wall. The smoke of harmless fires drifts to my eyes. This is plenty. This… — Geoffrey Hill
- Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the… — Dennis Miller
- In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts... — Henry David Thoreau
- The man without a purpose is a man who drifts at the mercy of random feelings or unidentified urges and is capable… — Ayn Rand
- To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward... — Theodore Roethke
- The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence . — Peter Senge