Accent Marks

Famous quotes containing the words accent and/or marks:

“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner.... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value—to myself, to my family, and to the world.”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)