“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."[My Uncle Sosthenes]”
“Aye, they be eggs alright, just not from thunder. They be Cinderflare's eggs. They be all broken 'cause the young'ns hatched a few months ago.”
“Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.”
“It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!”
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
“Take this one to the bank: birds are hatched from eggs and are always egg-shaped. Maybe there's no escaping the shape that molds you, no getting around how you got started even if you do break out.”