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“Then came nightthat was like falling water.At times, for hours,a bird spirit,half buzzard, half swan,just above the rushesfrom which a snow-storm howls.”
“Opportunity is not a rock, it is a bird! You either catch it or you miss it!”
“Quartering the topmost branches of one of the tall trees, an invisible bird was striving to make the day seem shorter, exploring with a long-drawn note the solitude that pressed it on every side, b...”
“You are Mr. Owl. I am Ms. Hummingbird. We may be came from different species but as long as you're a bird, I'm a bird too.”
“And do you see how beautiful and graceful the birds are when they are flying and soaring? The ground has many comforts for them to enjoy... But in the sky they are truly what a bird is meant to be....”
“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.”
“A woman without her sister is like a bird without her wings.”
“If you look at the picture of a beautiful bird eating a little fish, you will see two victims there: Fish is already a victim; but the bird is also a victim because to survive, it has to be a kille...”
“Birds are the eyes of Heaven.”
“For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.”
“A friend is a bird who can understand you and sing along with you even when you lose your voice.”
“Teddy shuddered. The idea of the sublime little bird being plucked from the sky, of its exquisite song being interrupted in full flight, was horrible to him.”
“A hungry cat does no favour to a trapped bird!”
“How did writing come to me? Like birds down on my windowpane, in winter. Just then there rose in the heart a struggle of firebrands, which has, still now, not ended.”
“Neither of us could stay within an enclosed cage for long.”
“The soul is like a caged bird, it waits for the right person to open the door and set it free.”
“...winter crescent resting in the high pine bough - you fly through the woods like a lone snow bird...”
“Again burst out that chant McKay had heard as he had floated through the mists upon the lake. Now, as then, despite his opened ears, he could distinguish no words, but clearly he understood its min...”
“Whenever the birds sing, I will remember you Claire. As long as the sun shines, I will love you. And when the sun darkens everything and the dead sky falls, I will hope to see life again, I will ho...”
“Teach them the shame that tells the lie, I am unforgivable, when the truth is, I feel unforgivable, but it was out of my control. Never let them switch those round right or The Adversary will liber...”
