Measure

Famous quotes containing the word measure:

“Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

“Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose.... In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires....”
—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)

“O flight,
bring her swiftly to our song.
She is great,
we measure her by the pine trees.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)