Minor Angel

Famous quotes containing the words minor and/or angel:

    A child who fears excessive retaliation for even minor offenses will learn very early on that to lie is to protect himself.... If your child intuits that you will react very punitively to his wrongdoing, he may be tempted to lie and may become, as time goes on, a habitual liar.
    Lawrence Balter (20th century)

    Yet I am the necessary angel of earth,
    Since, in my sight, you see the earth again,
    Cleared of its stiff and stubborn, man-locked set,
    And, in my hearing, you hear its tragic drone
    Rise liquidly in liquid lingerings....
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)