Count/definition

Famous quotes containing the words count and/or definition:

“I count three days
since her beautiful lips
touched the fine wheat
her frail body
disdains nourishment:
she suffers....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“It’s a rare parent who can see his or her child clearly and objectively. At a school board meeting I attended . . . the only definition of a gifted child on which everyone in the audience could agree was “mine.””
—Jane Adams (20th century)