Phase Change Imposed

Famous quotes containing the words phase, change and/or imposed:

“I had let preadolescence creep up on me without paying much attention—and I seriously underestimated this insidious phase of child development. You hear about it, but you’re not a true believer until it jumps out at you in the shape of your own, until recently quite companionable child.”
—Susan Ferraro (20th century)

“Comets, importing change of times and states,
Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Why will we be imposed on by antiquity?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)