“Many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills”
William Shakespeare
“A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw”
English Proverb
“QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now obsolete, but its modern equivalent, the steel pen, is wielded by the same everlasting Presence.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Quill was militant but he often blustered and then settled at the last minute. Quill also was everywhere in city politics. Roger Toussaint has not been that kind of presence.”
Robert Snyder
“Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!”
Herman Melville
“The pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly sing Made of a quill from an angel's wing.”
Henry Constable
“If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?”
Will Rogers
