“Most bird names are onomatopoeic—they name themselves. Fish, on the other hand, just have to float there and take what’s given.” — Sarah Manguso, Short Days, The Paris Review (Winter 2014)
Tag: fish
Quote of the Day
“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Quote of the Day
“We don’t know who it was discovered water, but we’re pretty sure it wasn’t a fish.” — John Culkin, “Understanding Marshall McLuhan,” Ramparts, Volume 4, Number 12 (April 1966)