Quotes of Lullaby - somelinesforyou

“ The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint. ”

- James Fenton

“ Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ”

- Langston Hughes

“ Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. ”

- Isaac Watts

“ A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of its controlled interior. It is the cradle that never stops rocking after the lullaby is over. It is the biggest sleeping tablet in the world, and no one need ever swallow the pill, for it swallows them. ”

- Lisa St. Aubin De Teran

“ Talk about the flag or drugs or crime and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land of "consensus." In place of honest argument among consenting adults the politicians substitute a lullaby for frightened children: the pretense that conflict doesn't really exist, that we have achieved the blessed state in which we no longer need politics. ”

- Lewis H. Lapham
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