Desired Number

Famous quotes containing the words desired and/or number:

    “You who desired so much—in vain to ask—
    Yet fed your hunger like an endless task,
    Dared dignify the labor, bless the quest—
    Achieved that stillness ultimately best,”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    “After a certain number of years our faces become our biographies. We get to be responsible for our faces.”
    —Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928)