Defining Word

Famous quotes containing the words defining and/or word:

“The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity with fatherhood as a defining feature of American childhood.”
—David Blankenhorn (20th century)

“Whichever word you speak—
you thank
perdition.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)