Tortoises Quotes
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
"Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
Sappho, Mary Barnard (1958). “Sappho”, p.10, Univ of California Press
The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.
Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1861). “Curiosities of literature”, p.255
Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.143, Penguin
One is also reminded of how, in art, the tortoise so often overtakes the hare.
Clement Greenberg (1961). “Hofmann: twelve color plates, twenty-one black and white illustrations”
The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.
Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.261, Dial Press
Northrop Frye (2014). “The Northrop Frye Quote Book”, p.120, Dundurn
Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.143, Penguin
B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.52, Shambhala Publications