Famous quotes containing the word effort:
“And in counterpoint, from other windows,
the effort to be merryay, maracas!
Msibilant, intricatethe voices wailing pleasure,
arriving perhaps at joy, late, after sets
have been switched off, and silences
are dark windows?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewersand, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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