Zitat des Tages über Schwäne / Swans:
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
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.
While I was writing Wild Swans I thought the famine was the result of economic mismanagement but during the research I realised that it was something more sinister.
Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.
When turkeys mate they think of swans.