Before anything else, we must cease our tightrope act.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
Kendricks made a nervous joke about a tightrope walker, but when his turn came he picked his way securely, without losing balance.
"The Planet Savers"
Marion Zimmer Bradley
It is market day in the frontier town; my room is noisy, for there is music down in the fields, the roundabout is whirling, the tightrope walker is gossiping outside his tent, and people of every sort throng the village.
"Look Back on Happiness"
Knut Hamsun