Crossed Swords

Famous quotes containing the words crossed and/or swords:

    my eyes filled up like an owl,
    and my legs crossed themselves like Christ’s.
    He was a stranger, Father.
    Oh God,
    he was a stranger,
    was he not?
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
    Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.

    The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)