Absorb

Famous quotes containing the word absorb:

““This is what my learning
Teaches,” the Aquarian said,
“To absorb life through the pores
For the life around you is dead.””
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of domestic distress. Even a mediocre performance at the office can help a person repair self-esteem damaged in domestic battles.”
—Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

“Vulgarity cannot exist in the absence of loftier values. Once it has affected the latter, however, it wants to absorb them. Unless you want to be as weak and small as human beings, you had better stay away from them.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)