She resembled the swallow in the fable who.... : Quote by Thornton Wilder

“ She resembled the swallow in the fable who once every thousand years transferred a grain of wheat, in the hope of rearing a mountain to reach the moon. Such persons are raised up in every age; they obstinately insist on transporting their grains of wheat and they derive a certain exhilaration from the sneers of the bystanders. “How queerly they dress!” we cry. “How queerly they dress! ”

Thornton Wilder
  • From : The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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