Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, retrospective explainability." Votes: 3
Nicholas Nassim TalebSwan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying. Votes: 3
John Greenleaf WhittierYou cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way. Votes: 3
Natalia MakarovaI already know how strong you are. You didn't have to break the furniture." Bella Swan Votes: 3
Stephenie MeyerAfter eighteen years of being utterly ordinary, I finally found that I can shine" -Bella Swan <3 Votes: 3
Stephenie MeyerYeah, it's an off day when I don't get somebody telling me how edible I smell." - Bella Swan. Votes: 3
Stephenie MeyerBeing born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. Votes: 2
Hans Christian AndersenThe stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. Votes: 0
James Russell LowellThere's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon. Votes: 0
Thomas HoodThe silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. Votes: 0
Orlando GibbonsThe swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. Votes: 0
MartialWhen we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens. Votes: 0
Tom RobbinsXenophon wrote with a swan's quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucydides with a brazen stylus. Votes: 0
Joseph JoubertIt doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg! Votes: 0
Hans Christian AndersenWere I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan. Votes: 0
EpictetusYeah, it's an off day when I don't get somebody telling me how edible I smell." - Bella Swan. Votes: 5 Stephenie Meyer
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes. Votes: 5 Natalia Makarova