Dark Phoenix

Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or phoenix:

    ‘Who knocks?’ ‘I, who was beautiful,
    Beyond all dreams to restore,
    I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither,
    And knock on the door.’
    Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    A victorious tomcat is like a tiger; a plucked phoenix is not worth a chicken.
    Chinese proverb.