Being Eaten Quotes

“The fairy tales warn you:
Do not go in,
you who would eat will be eaten.

You go in. You quicken.”
― Jane Hirshfield, Ledger: Poems

“The way to tell a tiger is
With lots of room to spare
Don't try telling them up close
Or we may not find you there.”
― John Ciardi, You Read to Me, I'll Read to You