Famous quotes containing the words smooth and/or surfaces:
“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow tentacular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library.”
—Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)