Jarrell Area

Famous quotes containing the words jarrell and/or area:

    If I can think of it, it isn’t what I want.
    I want . . . I want a ship from some near star
    To land in the yard,
    —Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

    ... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very similar to using lots of words, for the more imprecise a word is, the greater the area it covers.
    Robert Musil (1880–1942)