Famous quotes containing the words shouldered and/or blackbird:
“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”
—Jane Harrison (1850–1928)
“But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)