Theme

Famous quotes containing the word theme:

“The theme of my autobiography could only be repetition.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The saying, “The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored,” is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“... passion for survival is the great theme of women’s poetry.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)