Theme

Famous quotes containing the word theme:

    And God-appointed Berkeley that proved all things a dream,
    That this pragmatical, preposterous pig of a world, its farrow that so solid seem,
    Must vanish on the instant if the mind but change its theme ...
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    ... passion for survival is the great theme of women’s poetry.
    Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    She is a theme of honor and renown,
    A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
    Whose present courage may beat down our foes,
    And fame in time to come canonize us.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)