Wing Dagger

Famous quotes containing the words wing and/or dagger:

    “As if her velvet helmet high
    Did turret rationality.
    She fans her wing up to the winde
    As if her Pettycoate were lin’de
    With reasons fleece, and hoises saile
    And humming flies in thankfull gaile”
    —Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

    “Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.”
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)