• As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

    Doris Lessing: As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
    Doris Lessing (1999). “Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher”, p.31, Canongate Books