Swamp Sparrows

Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or sparrows:

“That swamp of impropriety ... in ... which two civilized beings will behave like cannibals.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)