The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.
My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.
Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.
In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love.
The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.
When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome's books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.'