Soft Universe

Famous quotes containing the words soft and/or universe:

“We are prisoners of the world’s demented sink.
The soft enchantments of our years of innocence
Are harvested by accredited experience
Our fondest memories soon turn to poison
And only oblivion remains in season.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.”
—Henry Fielding (1707–1754)