Nonsense Syllables

Famous quotes containing the words nonsense and/or syllables:

“The nonsense that charms is close to sense.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils;
And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile;
And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for
her.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)