Famous quotes containing the words human and/or stem:
“All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“Bite down
on the bitter stem of your nectared
rose, you know
the dreamy stench of death and fling
magenta shawls delicately
about your brown shoulders laughing.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)