John Burnham Schwartz, The Commoner
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Quotes by John Burnham Schwartz, The Commoner
"Along the wide curving moat surrounding the palace, rows of cherry trees announced the end of their seasonal beauty. Some of the trees were weeping: blossoms in white and palest pink, ponderous with decreptitude, eddying on the brown water, stirred by the paddling of ducks."
"Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice."