Creator Quote by Saint Basil

“It was a dead swan. Its body lay contorted on the beach like an abandoned lover. I looked at the bird for a long…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“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

It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its…

— Bernard DeVoto

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and…

— Chanakya

“But swan, float lightly because you are a swan, because by the exquisite curve of your neck the gods gave you some special favor,…

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan. Each of…

— Benjamin Hoff

“This humble person has been alive long enough to see two generations of children grow up, and knows how rare it is for ordinary…

— Arthur Golden

The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear.

— Heinrich Heine

'Swan Lake' can be a nightmare. To make a 'Swan Lake' that is worth it, every single movement and breath has to be perfect.…

— Sylvie Guillem

The wild swan hurries hight and noises loud With white neck peering to the evening clowd. The weary rooks to distant woods are gone.…

— John Clare

“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

The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air

— Rabindranath Tagore