Absolute Size

Famous quotes containing the words absolute and/or size:

    “... the absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man’s regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.”
    —Tennessee Claflin (1846–1923)

    “Delusions that shrink to the size of a woman’s glove,
    Then sicken inclusively outwards:
    . . . the incessant recital
    Intoned by reality, larded with technical terms,
    Each one double-yolked with meaning and meaning’s rebuttal:
    For the skirl of that bulletin unpicks the world like a knot....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)