Setting Written Subject

Famous quotes containing the words setting, written and/or subject:

    “Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The words of the prophets
    Are written on the subway walls
    And tenement halls
    And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
    —Paul Simon (b. 1941)

    “Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)