Midnight Maximum Tune

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

    “Where have you gone? The tide is over you,
    The turn of midnight water’s over you,
    As Time is over you, and mystery,
    And memory, the flood that does not flow.”
    —Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)

    “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)