Resigned August

Famous quotes containing the words resigned and/or august:

    “The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.”
    —Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)

    “To go by the asters
    and breathe
    the sweetness that hovers
    in August about the tall milkweeds,
    without a direct look ...”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)