Blackberry/competition

Famous quotes containing the words blackberry and/or competition:

    And they both went a walking to Blackberry Fold.
    —Unknown. Squire and Milkmaid; or, Blackberry Fold (l. 20)

    Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left for the others.
    Elizabeth Fishel (20th century)