HMS Black Swan

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or swan:

    “My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend
    that all’s certain and good, that the marriage won’t end.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The reason is:
    rats leave the sinking ship
    but we . . .
    we . . .
    didn’t leave,
    so the ship
    didn’t sink,
    and that’s madness,
    Lear’s song
    that’s Touchstone’s forest jest,
    that’s swan of Avon logic.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)