Letter Marks

Famous quotes containing the words letter and/or marks:

    “A letter with it
    discloses, in its words and between them,
    a life opening, fearful, fearless,
    thousand-eyed, a field
    of sparks that move swiftly
    in darkness....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.”
    —Paul De Man (1919–1983)