Famous quotes containing the word tells:
“He tells me how sweet
The babies look in their hospital
Icebox,”
—Sylvia Plath (19321963)
“Is there any thing beyond?who knows? He that cant tell. Who tells there is? He who dont know. And when shall he know? Perhaps, when he dont expect it, and generally when he dont wish it. In this last respect, however, all are not alike; it depends a good deal upon education, something upon nerves and habitsbut most upon digestion.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“The first time many women hold their tiny babies, they are apt to feel as clumsy and incompetent as any man. The difference is that our culture tells them theyre not supposed to feel that way. Our culture assumes that they will quickly learn how to be a mother, and that assumption rubs off on most womenso they learn.”
—Pamela Patrick Novotny (20th century)