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The Black Swan asymmetry allows you to be confident about what is wrong, not about what you believe is right. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A rational human being of the civilized world would be like the swan that can draw the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. — Abhijit Naskar

All I wanted was to love him as much as possible in the limited time given to me. — Stephenie Meyer

Everything will be better in the morning. It always is. — Barbara Hershey

"When you left
he left
you took everything with you. But the absence of him is everywhere I look." - Bella Swan, New Moon — Stephenie Meyer

The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear. — Heinrich Heine

He framed my face now, and I met his stare in the dark of the car. "I think you're beautiful." My heart folded like an origami swan. — Jenny B. Jones

Hell, he thought maybe they were hippos in tutus doing Swan Lake, the way everything flipped and bounced. — K.C. Wells

We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind. — Wayne Swan

Blood is the leitmotif of 'Black Swan.' — Robert Gottlieb

Let's go join the Black Swan! — Shannon Messenger

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. — Orlando Gibbons

And as she'd watched him stagger away Swan had realized that forgiveness crippled evil, drew the poison from it like lancing a boil. — Robert McCammon

The Duchess (of Kent) was a duck who had hatched a swan. — Cecil Woodham-Smith

I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I'd smelled in eighty years. — Stephenie Meyer

One Mother's Day, he gave Mom a music box that played the theme from Swan Lake. She cried for days over it. — Karen Joy Fowler

If I had the wings of a swan, over these stony hills I would fly. I would fly to the arms of my true love, and there I'd be happy to die. — Susan Price

I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works. — Paolo Bacigalupi

strangers? Millie's swan song on the stage, the last — Kate Atkinson

I already know how strong you are. You didn't have to break the furniture. - Bella Swan — Stephenie Meyer

There was no reason for Bella Swan to cross paths with me. She would be avoided like the plague she was. — Stephenie Meyer

Weren't your friends the family you got to choose? — Karen Swan

The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.) — Maria Grazia Swan

Even the ugliest swan is still more beautiful than the loveliest crown on the fence, Anna thought — Jill Alexander Essbaum

The tail of some creature has nothing to do with it! I don't even know what a fairy is. How could I be afraid of its tail? — Donald Swan

The world may see you as an ugly duckling, but God sees you as a magnificent swan. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Put one foot forward and the other will get you to where you are going~!" Bag Lady, Swan Song — Robert McCammon

The mosaicist was making the fine hairs on the nape of Mona's swan neck out of chips of gold — Kurt Vonnegut

Merrily, merrily goes the bark On a breeze from the northward free, So shoots through the morning sky the lark, Or the swan through the summer sea. — Walter Scott

I covered the scar with concealer every day because I wanted my body to be a flawless figurine, but this blemish would be with me forever. — Scarlet Risque

The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear The warble was low, and full and clear. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

I eased back into the throne. Damn comfortable: swan-down and silk. Kinging it is pain in the arse enough without one of those gothic chairs. — Mark Lawrence

CG: WELCOME TO THE TROLLOCAUST. THE PAINSTAKING GENOCIDE OF YOUR FRAGILE SELF ESTEEM WILL BE MY SWAN SONG. — Andrew Hussie

I have this really morbid, awesome love for the movie 'Black Swan.' — Sherri Saum

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens. — Tom Robbins

Never be quiet. Complain, complain, complain. The complainers seem to get everything they ask for while the non-complainers get nothing. — Kimber Swan

that the Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, and retrospective explainability. Let — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan. — Epictetus

Even if you enter the dirty water, stay neat like a white swan! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family. — Wayne Swan

I will play the swan. And die in music. — William Shakespeare

The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

His face looked shrewd and wise, as if he knew many things, many of them not worth knowing. — E.B. White

A soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor. — James A. Michener

She could never understand why creatures of darkness had the slightest interest in spineless human girls. — Thomm Quackenbush

Lella York, the self-proclaimed queen of passive-aggressive behavior. [Lella's perceptive view of herself] — Maria Grazia Swan

Perthites were like the Swan River's jellyfish - small pink blobs adrift in a warm environment. — Dave Franklin

Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Yes, because a vampire slumber party is the pinnacle of safety conscious behavior. — Stephenie Meyer

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom. — E.B. White

Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans. — Munia Khan

When an eagle spreads its wings to fly, even the swan is envious. — Matshona Dhliwayo

And the Black Swan is what we leave out of simplification. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

WHAT COMES FROM THE HEART TOUCHES THE HEART. — Lester Swan

THE MAJOR WAY TO CONQUER FEAR IS TO MAKE A DECISION. — Lester Swan

God is the reason why even in pain, I smile. In confusion, I understand. In betrayal, I trust. And in fear, I continue to fight. -Bella Swan — Stephenie Meyer

If there were any way for me to become human for you - no matter what the price was, I would pay it. — Stephenie Meyer

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The radio station was playing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a sure sign that things were much worse than they appeared. — Gary Shteyngart

I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference. — Serinda Swan

After many a summer dies the swan. — Christopher Isherwood

Fall down again, Bella?'
No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face. — Stephenie Meyer

Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow! — William Wordsworth

YOU CANT CHANGE THE PAST,BUT YOU CAN RUIN YOUR PERFECTLY PRESENT LIFE BY WORRYING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. — Lester Swan

Before you drown, the spinning just feels like a dance. — Swan Huntley

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood. — Heinrich Heine

How do I stay healthy? I actually leave a lot of that up to my dog. He makes me get up pretty early in the morning. We go for walks together. — Serinda Swan

She stared at them with yearning. Part of her wanted to be a swan. The other part wanted to eat one. — George R R Martin

The only person standing in your way is you. — Vincent Cassel

in 1596 a man called William Wayte claimed to have been set upon by four assailants outside the Swan Theatre — Neil MacGregor

It would just be like a movie makeover montage, pop music scoring the ugly girl's transformation from bespectacled duckling to cheerleader swan. — Leila Sales

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan. — Juvenal

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. — Henry Miller

Swan dive down eleven stories high
Hold your breath until you see the light
You can sink to the bottom of the sea
Just don't go without me — The Civil Wars

I glared at him. I may not die now ... but I'm going to die sometime. Every minute of the day, I get closer. And I'm going to get old. — Stephenie Meyer

Elaine slowly transformed from the proverbial ugly duckling into a swan. — Mike Wells

If I was the pope, I'd've made Mrs. de Roo a saint. On the spot. — David Mitchell

Obviously the original 'Tron' was a very influential movie for its time, so to be a part of the second one is very exciting. — Serinda Swan

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars. — Stephenie Meyer

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change. — Wayne Swan

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. — Martial

Twice the size of a full grown man, with four muscular arms, it was his worst nightmare on steroids. -The Hyperscape Project — Donald Swan

The best part is coming."
"What's the best part? You swallowing an entire cow whole?"
"No. That's the finale. — Stephenie Meyer

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities. — Wayne Swan

I'm a happy person. If you want to be around me, you can either choose to be happy too, or follow the signs to the nearest exit! — Sharon Swan

I felt clueless and nervous--pretty much the same way I'd been feeling ever since I came back from Italy. — Maria Grazia Swan

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. — James Russell Lowell

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way. — Natalia Makarova

You can't just kill a swan and wrap yourself in its skin, you know. It takes something from you. In her case it took the thing that she wanted most. — Anne Ursu

It's difficult dating as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling. — Serinda Swan

You're his lobster. Or swan, Or penguin. The Spock to his Kirk — Elizabeth Rudnick

What the hell is in swan saliva that burns so badly? — John Green

I've also been chased by a swan over by the pond one time. That's why I don't go there anymore. — Cara Dee