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“Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.”

Ifs Want Should Humans Has Beens Said States Human Beings Marriage Married Unnatural Swans Monogamy

Author:Quentin Crisp

“Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.”

Thinking May Beautiful Beauty Saws Crow Swans

Book:Dramatic Works: A new way to pay old debts. The great Duke of Florence. The unnatural combat. The bashful lover

Source: Dramatic Works: A new way to pay old debts. The great Duke of Florence. The unnatural combat. The bashful lover

“It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.”

Wells Profound Geese Swans

Book:Opinions of Oliver Allston

Source: Opinions of Oliver Allston

“Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which we dance on the brink of the abyss, the siren's melody that destroys our senses and paralyzes our wills.”

Song Modern Tongue Senses Theme Tunes Melody Conformity Abyss Adjustment Swans Sirens Synonym Pipers

Author:Robert M. Lindner

“I like relativity and quantum theories because I don't understand them and they make me feel as if space shifted about like a swan that can't settle, refusing to sit still and be measured; and as if the atom were an impulsive thing always changing its mind.”

Ifs Feels Mind Stills Science Space Theory Settling Atoms Quantum Relativity Swans Impulsive Quantum Theory

Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“O woman shapely as a swan.”

Author:Padraic Colum

“Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.”

World Turns Games Ugly Lakes Nursery Swans Sunglasses Ducklings Ugly Duckling

Author:Bonnie Raitt