“We unanimously believe that it does. When the word unanimously was spoken, a wave of emotion swept the room; no words or intentional movement, yet a distinct emotional manifestation that defies description.”
Warren, Earl. The Memoirs of Earl Warren. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. p. 3.
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“Their existence was—in those first years—like bands of sound moving in clusters—or wave packlets—across a uniform or neutral spectrum. The time might for each have been hummed like a piano string stretched taut inside wood casing. They were in harmony, bound and determined. Yet the laws of objects are mysterious and not the same as common sense or natural reasoning.”
Howe, Fanny. Nod. Los Angeles, CA: Sun & Moon Press, 1998. p. 11.
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“People advance, banging and whistling.
Women take off blouses, wave them over head like
hankies, each singing own rock-n-roll tune and twisting
dreamy-like.”
Kaprow, Allan. “Household.” Some Recent Happenings. New York, NY: Great Bear Pamphlets, 1966. p. 10.
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“The sea was already roaring in a white foam about us; a dark night coming on and no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be swallowed by every wave; and, what was worst of all, none of us thought ourselves prepared for another world.”
Dampier, William, and Nicholas Thomas. New Voyage Round the World. Hereford, United Kingdom: Penguin Books, 2020.
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“In Vernet the sea is simplified to roughly two schemes: the wave, a solid wall, glassy and evenly curved; and here and there foam, solid again, a creamy substance almost piped out on to the crests.”
Bryson, Norman. "Enhancement and Displacement in Turner." Huntington Library Quarterly 49, no. 1 (1986): 59. doi:10.2307/3817191.
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