What is red snake?

Famous quotes containing the words snake and/or red:

    “People can be as greedy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “All those girls
    who wore the red shoes,
    each boarded a train that would not stop.
    Stations flew by like suitors and would not stop.
    They all danced like trout on the hook.
    They were played with.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)