Perfect Passive

Famous quotes containing the words perfect and/or passive:

    “That perfect bliss and sole felicity,
    The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.”
    —Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)

    “The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread.... The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is very difficult to write out of because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)