Famous quotes containing the words explanation and/or meaning:
“Auden, MacNeice, Day Lewis, I have read them all,
Hoping against hope to hear the authentic call . . .
And know the explanation I must pass is this
MYou cannot light a match on a crumbling wall.”
—Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)
“A: What is the meaning of life? B: I know, but I won’t tell you.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)