Slow Fading

Famous quotes containing the words slow and/or fading:

“The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Titus, 1:12.

Cited by Paul, this remark is attributed to Epimenides.

“Last night
as if death had lit a pale light
in your flesh, your flesh
was cold to my touch, or not cold
but cool, cooling, as if the last traces
of warmth were still fading in you.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)