Birth Quote by Arthur Golden

The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden…

— Arthur Golden

“His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born…

— Hans Christian Andersen

“One evening he was in his room, his brow pressing hard against the pane, looking, without seeing them, at the chestnut trees in the…

— Théophile Gautier

“The swans of our childhood were probably just pigeons.’” He”

— Charlie Carillo

“There must be transients in the bird world too, rumple-feathered outcasts that naturally seek out each other’s company in inferior and dying trees.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“...the young swans as big as their parents now, but still grey and it looks peculiar, like two different species swimming in a line,…

— Per Petterson

“A mother shepherds her young birds She fills their mouths and warms their souls Till they are strong and good to fly Away from…

— Mark Kozelek

“The Swan Oh, a swan! Blooming in grace and power. Were you thrown out of the forest of reeds by Pan To flourish as…

— Gertrud Kolmar

“The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle writes that “From a scientific perspective, it was as if the researchers had traced the lineage of the world’s…

— Adam M. Grant

“I will fly away to them, to the royal birds, and they will beat me, because I, that am so ugly, dare to come…

— Hamilton Wright Mabie

“And do you see how beautiful and graceful the birds are when they are flying and soaring? The ground has many comforts for them…

— Aleksandra Layland

“All the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen.”

— Jeanie Lang