The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except…

Use what talent you posses; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

— Anonymous

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

— Henry Van Dyke

What is more cheerful, now, in the fall of the year, than an open-wood-fire? Do you hear those little chirps and twitters coming out…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“And the wind falls silent, and the birds fall silent, and the wild cherry trees no longer shiver and creek.”

— Daniel Arsand

“The woods were silent in their grief.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“No rustle came from the trees, no insect buzz or neighbors call...The woods were silent in their grief.”

— Leigh Bardugo

The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around;…

— Charles Dickens

“Keegan had never realized how absolute silence could be in the minutes before dawn. Maybe because the expectation of battle filled the air, not…

— Julia Crane

The birds sang, the proles sang. the Party did not sing. All round the world, in London and New York, in Africa and Brazil,…

— George Orwell

“I distinctly heard the blackbird from the top of a spruce tree, and clear as glass I heard the lark high up and several…

— Per Petterson

“The first thing Rick noticed was the lack of noise. No birds sang in the trees. No squirrels ran across the yard.”

— Ron Ripley

“It is sad when man’s unhappiness veils from him the smiling face of nature. The promise of the early morning was maintained. The sky…

— John Meade Falkner

“During the night a fine, delicate summer rain had washed the plains, leaving the morning sky crisp and clean. The sun shone warm—soon to…

— Cate Campbell Beatty

“The birds they sang at the break of day. Start again!! I heard them say”

— Leonard Cohen

“The forest would be very quiet if only a few birds sang.”

— Annonymous