Lax Vowel

Famous quotes containing the words lax and/or vowel:

    “We want nights
    Of vague adventure, lips lax wet and warm,
    Bees in the stomach, sweat across the brow. Now.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)