Famous quotes containing the words tense and/or meaning:
“Probably nature itself gave man the ability to lie so that in difficult and tense moments he could protect his nest, just as do the vixen and wild duck.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“Delusions that shrink to the size of a womans glove,
Then sicken inclusively outwards:
. . . the incessant recital
Intoned by reality, larded with technical terms,
Each one double-yolked with meaning and meanings rebuttal:
For the skirl of that bulletin unpicks the world like a knot....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
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