Soft Negative Imperative

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

    “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)

    “Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    “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)