Shapes Quotes - Page 27
I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.
Louisa May Alcott, Ednah Cheney (2010). “Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals”, p.276, Applewood Books
We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the way to death, sorrow-sorrow in manifold shapes.
Cynthia Ozick (2017). “Art and Ardor”, p.258, Atlantic Books
The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar.
Constance Hale (2013). “Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose”, p.11, Three Rivers Press