“When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.”

— Scott Lynch, book The Republic of Thieves

Source: The Republic of Thieves

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American writer 1978

Paul Bowles book The Sheltering Sky

Source: The Sheltering Sky

“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”

Paul Bowles book The Sheltering Sky

Source: The Sheltering Sky (1949), p. 210

“When I die
let the black rag fly
raven falling
from the sky.”

George Woodcock (1912–1995) Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic

"Black Flag" in Collected Poems (1983)

“The tree bears the intense heat on its head while it lessens the heat for those who take shelter under it.”

Kālidāsa Abhigyanashakuntalam

Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Sign of Shakuntala)

“But theatre is so dominated by men that no matter what kind of sheltered bubble you’re in, you’re going to encounter sexist bullshit. That’s just always going to be an issue…”

Young Jean Lee (1974) American theatre director and playwright

On sexism still being prevalent despite calls for diversity in “An Interview with Young Jean Lee” https://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2018/08/an-interview-with-young-jean-lee/ in The Interval (2018 Aug 14)

“The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.”

Paul Bowles (1910–1999) American composer, writer, translator

“I only feel close to you when I‘m under open sky, I only feel guided when I’m free to question why.”

Dawud Wharnsby (1972) Canadian musician

"Out Seeing The Fields"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

“The sky is a-going to fall, I must go and tell the King.”

Joseph Jacobs book English Fairy Tales

said by Henny-Penny, similar to the words said by Chicken Little
English Fairy Tales (1890), Preface to English Fairy Tales, Henny-Penny

“Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight,
To die to give you life, to rest under your sky;
And in your enchanted land forever sleep.”

José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist

"Mi Ultimo Adios", st. 5

“I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.”

Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet

J'allais sous le ciel, Muse! et j'étais ton féal. <br class="br"> Ma Bohéme. Fantaisie http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Bohemian.html (My Bohemian Life (Fantasy)), st. 1

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