Midnight Maximum Tune

Famous quotes containing the words midnight, maximum and/or tune:

    “at mothy curfew-tide,
    And at midnight when the noon-heat breathes it back from walls and leads,
    They’ve a way of whispering to me—fellow-wight who yet
    abide—”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Hortensio. Madam, my instrument’s in tune.
    Bianca. Let’s hear. O fie, the treble jars.
    Lucentio. Spit in the hole, man, and tune again.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)