Takes Shape

Famous quotes containing the words takes and/or shape:

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“To the intelligent, nature converts itself into a vast promise, and will not be rashly explained. Her secret is untold. Many and many an Oedipus arrives: he has the whole mystery teeming in his brain. Alas! the same sorcery has spoiled his skill; no syllable can he shape on his lips.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)