Impotence

Famous quotes containing the word impotence:

“Therefore Lord God, you are more truly omnipotent, because you have no power through impotence and nothing can be against you.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)

“As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage—out of the impotence of his rage—the style of Hemingway grew out of the depth and nuance of his disenchantment.”
—Wright Morris (b. 1910)

“First, the cold friction of expiring sense
Without enchantment, offering no promise
But bitter tastelessness of shadow fruit
As body and soul begin to fall asunder.
Second, the conscious impotence of rage
At human folly,”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)