Famous quotes containing the words black, swan and/or events:
“In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“And of the swan in death these dreamers tell
of its last flight and how it falls, a plummet,
pierced by the freezing bullet
and how three feathers, loosened by the shot,
descend like snow upon it.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)
“All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)