Arthur Amos Noyes/noyes-whitney Equation

Famous quotes containing the words arthur, noyes and/or equation:

    My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    The look for me moonlight.
    Watch for me by moonlight,
    And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.
    —Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)

    Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.
    Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)