We will make this time beautiful. —Wren (a character in…

“The timing wasn't great but most dream-chasing never was." —Mildred (a character in Mildred's Garden)”

— Laura Boggess

“Begin with me, barefoot, under the almond tree... —Sam (a character in Mildred's Garden)”

— Laura Boggess

“I ’m not very good at recognizing trouble before I get into cahoots with it, or, at least that’s what my brother likes to…

— Kellie McAllen

“When you can do that, little Wren, when you can accept the wearing down and the eroding, then you can do anything. How did…

— Terry Brooks

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

— John Dryden

“You're in a prickly mood,' he tells me. As though I am not all-over briars at all times.”

— Holly Black

When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within…

— Norman Foster

“Nothing can break me unless I let it.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“I wasn’t usually one to toot my own horn, which could also explain the no-boyfriend-status of my life. If bright plumage was the key,…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Do you think the wren ever dreams of a better house?”

— Mary Oliver

“Who calls at Habetrot's chamber?' comes a whispery voice. Oak raises his eyebrows at me, as though he intends me to answer. Fine, if…

— Holly Black

“You smell so good," "No, I don't, I smell like death." "You're crazy, you're not dead. You do not smell like death." "I was…

— amy tintera

“He had been willing to die because he refused to take a life. But me, I contemplated shooting everyone.”

— Amy Tintera

“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for…

— Holly Black

“I love you, Wren,” he said, voice strong and smooth as the river. “For everything that you are and everything that you aren’t.”

— Kandi Steiner