Spondee Quotes & Sayings

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee. — Edgar Allan Poe

Trochee trips from long to short; From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

When our gifts are remembered and lived, we discard the idea that happiness requires an ideal life in which we are comparatively the best. Many beautiful and enjoyable things are messy and far from ideal. Some of the greatest cooks have the messiest of kitchens, and beautiful gardens are the result of sweat and dirt. As we move closer to our essence, we better understand that we can have a wonderful life in the absence of perfection. — Robert A. Giacalone

Write down the things you wish to remember, and keep those records close. Secured. It's surprising how much you forget as the years go on. — Chloe Neill

I was painted to celebrate the wild cascades of love, the rollicking, bucking, breaking and transformative passion that inevitably gave way to miserable, constricting, overbearing disappointment. — Hannah Rothschild

It was possible to love someone and hate him at the same time. — Jennifer Crusie

The quality of our journalism will make or break our industry, not the recession. — Rebekah Brooks