Coldness/cooling

Famous quotes containing the words coldness and/or cooling:

    The theories and speculations of men concern us more than their puny accomplishment. It is with a certain coldness and languor that we loiter about the actual and so-called practical.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    her in her cooling planet
    Revere; do not presume to think her wasted.
    William Empson (1906–1984)