Frail

Famous quotes containing the word frail:

“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

“Grown beyond nature now, soft food for worms,
They lift frail heads in gravity and good faith.”
—Derek Mahon (b. 1941)

“in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)