Soft Imperative Form

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

    “After that it came to my door. Now it lives here.
    And of course: it is a soft sound, soft as a seal’s ear,
    that was caught between a shape and a shape and then returned to me.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “To me Americanism means ... an imperative duty to be nobler than the rest of the world.”
    —Meyer London (1871–1926)

    “In the county there are thirty-seven churches
    and no butcher shop. This could be taken
    as a matter of all form and no content.”
    —Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)