Soft Imperative Form

Famous quotes containing the words soft, imperative and/or form:

    “Here they are. The soft eyes open.
    If they have lived in a wood
    It is a wood.
    If they have lived on plains
    It is grass rolling
    Under their feet forever.”
    —James Dickey (b. 1923)

    “The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.”
    —bell hooks (b. 1955)

    “That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one’s own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilised form of autobiography.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)