cocoon quotes

In rural England, people live wrapped tight in a cocoon; only their eyes move to make sure that nobody gets more than themselves.

-Carr,J(ames) L(loyd)
  How Steeple Sinderby  Wanderers Won the FA Cup, pt.2.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

-Lowell,James Russell
  'On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners', in the Atlantic Monthly,  Jan.

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