Fourth Generation Prelude

Famous quotes containing the words fourth, generation and/or prelude:

    “All night I’ve held your hand,
    as if you had
    a fourth time faced the kingdom of the mad—
    its hackneyed speech, its homicidal eye—
    and dragged me home alive. . . .”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    “The generation of women before us who rushed to fill the corporate ranks altered our expectations of what working motherhood could be, tempered our ambition, and exploded the supermom myth many of us held dear.”
    —Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)

    “I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)