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)

    “And the Pope has cast his arms abroad for agony and loss,
    And called the kings of Christendom for swords about the Cross,”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)