Famous quotes containing the words losing and/or effort:
“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“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)
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