Famous quotes containing the words masculine and/or nouns:
“You have no word for soldiers to enjoy
The feel of, as an apple, and to chew
With masculine satisfaction. Not “good-by!”
“Come back!”or “careful!” Look, and let him go.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Children and savages use only nouns or names of things, which they convert into verbs, and apply to analogous mental acts.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)