Swim

Famous quotes containing the word swim:

    She, too, would now swim down the river of matrimony with a beautiful name, and a handle to it, as the owner of a fine family property. Women’s rights was an excellent doctrine to preach, but for practice could not stand the strain of such temptation.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    The soul establishes itself.
    But how far can it swim out through the eyes
    And still return safely to its nest?
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    Like the shark, it contains a shoe.
    It must swim for miles through the desert
    Uttering cries that are almost human.
    Louis Simpson (b. 1923)