Ecclesiastes/theme

Famous quotes containing the words ecclesiastes and/or theme:

“I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has done this, so that all should stand in awe before him.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Ecclesiastes 3:14.

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