Famous quotes containing the words choice and/or act:
“Our choice is clear,
we may share
your choice,
declare
meaning and rhythm and grace
in each daily act.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“In the deeper layers of the modern consciousness ... every attempt to succeed is an act of aggression, leaving one alone and guilty and defenseless among enemies: one is punished for success. This is our intolerable dilemma: that failure is a kind of death and success is evil and dangerous, is—ultimately—impossible.”
—Robert Warshow (1917–1955)