Quotes / Sinister Swine

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"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

— George Orwell, Animal Farm

"Out in the gardens rose a continuous sound. It might have been mistaken, by a casual listener, for the grunting and squealing of a herd of pigs. But, as I stood there, it came to me that there was sense and meaning to all those swinish noises. Gradually, I seemed able to trace a semblance in it to human speech—glutinous and sticky, as though each articulation were made with difficulty: yet, nevertheless, I was becoming convinced that it was no mere medley of sounds; but a rapid interchange of ideas."

— William Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland

Big man, pig man
Ha ha, charade you are!
You well heeled big wheel
Ha ha, charade you are!
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying, "Keep on digging"
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find?
Down in the pig mine
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry

— Pink Floyd, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

"Everywhere there's lots of piggies

Living piggy lives.

You can see them out for dinner

With their piggy wives

Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon."

— The Beatles, "Piggies"

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