Ecclesiastes/theme

Famous quotes containing the words ecclesiastes and/or theme:

“The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 1:6.

“If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)