Famous quotes containing the words losing and/or effort:
“She had once been a Catholic, but discovering that priests were infinitely more attentive when she was in process of losing or regaining faith in Mother Church, she maintained an enchantingly wavering attitude.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)
“And in counterpoint, from other windows,
the effort to be merryay, maracas!
Msibilant, intricatethe voices wailing pleasure,
arriving perhaps at joy, late, after sets
have been switched off, and silences
are dark windows?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)