#swan

Why am I covered in feathers ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#breaking-dawn #twilight #twilight

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#ducks #i #into #stories #swans

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#bad #bad thing #before #certain #die

I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now. ↗

— William Kempe

#age #bloody #dancing #early #early age

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#confidence #daring #financiers #gave #grit

Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself signifies little to nothing. Those of us who know and love ballet can only look on it with a different kind of horror. ↗

— James Wolcott

#black #different #different kind #fans #finish

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beautiful-people #curse #duck #duckling #endure

Did you know, you're sort of beautiful?' 'You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you? ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#jacob-black #sweet-talk #beauty

I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#chapter- #beauty

You are my business! ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#business