Small Portion

Famous quotes containing the words small and/or portion:

    “But still the delicate slips keep coaxing up water;
    The small cells bulge;

    One nub of growth
    Nudges a sand-crumb loose,”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “The Husband of To-Day ever considers his wife but as a portion of his my-ship.
    Nominative I.
    Possessive My, or Mine.
    Objective Me.
    This is the grammar known to the Husband of To-Day.”
    —Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Revolution (June 24, 1869)