Excessive Wear

Famous quotes containing the words excessive and/or wear:

“Adolescent girls were fighting a mother’s interference because they wanted her to acknowledge their independence. Whatever resentment they had was not towards a mother’s excessive concern, or even excessive control, but towards her inability to see, and appreciate, their maturing identity.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)

“For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)