Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? - Jerome
Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there - Kathleen Raine
Whiteness is the color of death, you know, not black. Wetness is life, the breeder and shaper of life. In the beginning the sun was black. So all light was absorbed before it had a chance to return. And our dreams, then, were empty. - Jim Carroll