“But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it? And yet --!” IfsNeedsPartyMorningPiecesNeededTomorrowConsciousHorseBlowShakesSooner Or LaterShakingTomorrow Morning Book:Animal Farm and 1984 Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“My work is not so overtly about movement. My horses' gestures are really quite quiet, because real horses move so much better than I could pretend to make things move. For the pieces I make, the gesture is really more within the body, it's like an internalized gesture, which is more about the content, the state of mind or of being at a given instant. And so it's more like a painting...the gesture and the movement is all pretty much contained within the body.” MindRealStatesBodyMovingGivenPiecesMovementPaintingQuietHorseInstantState Of MindGestures Author:Deborah Butterfield
“Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse.” I CanMomentsHandsEyePainFacesNextHoursChallengesBreakToo MuchPiecesSadnessLonelinessTasksHorseSizeIllnessHandleBitesHands UpSmall PiecesBlinders Author:Regina Brett
“Now let you and me buy wine today! Why say we have not the price? My horse spotted with five flowers, My fur-coat worth a thousand pieces of gold, These I will take out, and call my boy To barter them for sweet wine. And with you twain, let me forget The sorrow of ten thousand ages!” AgeTodayForgetBoysFivePiecesSweetFlowerSorrowThousandTenGoldLet MeHorseWineCoatsFurMy BoysFur CoatsSweet Wine Author:Li Bai
“This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild and kicks things to pieces.” KnowsRunningBreakKnow HowPiecesLandHorseKicksHarnessEnigma Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.” GovernmentRunningPiecesSweetHorseCommitteesMachineryCamels Book:The Far Call Source: The Far Call