Theme Tunes

Famous quotes containing the words theme and/or tunes:

“If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

“They sang, but had not human tunes nor words,
Though all was done in common as before;

They had changed their throats and had the throats of birds.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)