Citations:phoenixity

English citations of phoenixity

1. • 1882, George Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron's Profession

     First, you will grant me that even a phoenix must marry some one in order that she may hand on her torch to her children. Her best course would be to marry another phoenix; but as she—poor girl!—cannot appreciate even her own phoenixity, much less that of another, she must perforce be content with a mere mortal.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Solipsis, Hadias Abidin, →ISBN, page 35:

     Today. Gas station. A car pulls up, a platinum Honda. I walk to it. The driver is a Chinese woman.
     Remarkable phoenixity.