Welty uses the metaphor of a pendulum 's motion in a grandfather clock to capture the way Phoenix moves, and Phoenix often refers to how old she is, even going so far as to say, "I the oldest people I ever know". “ We is the only two left in the world,” is another one. And one last one is: ‘A bird flew by. Her lips moved. "God watching me the whole time. I come to stealing.".’
