Deadly Genesis

Famous quotes containing the words deadly and/or genesis:

“Why strew’st thou sugar on that bottled spider
Whose deadly web ensnareth thee about?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“If only he would not pity us so much,
Weaken our fate, relieve us of woe both great
And small, a constant fellow of destiny,
A too, too human god, self-pity’s kin
And uncourageous genesis . . .”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)