Absolute Singular

Famous quotes containing the words absolute and/or singular:

“We must not inquire too curiously into the absolute value of literature. Enough that it amuses and exercises us. At least it leaves us where we were. It names things, but does not add things.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The singular passion
Abides its object and consumes desire
In the circling shadow of its appetite.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)