Heat in her birds of prey fingertips, smoke of gilded…

Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…

— Joseph Addison

“Geographically, Jess's backside was a mountain range. The sun rose over it -eventually. Huge birds of prey nested on its craggy heights and hunted…

— Sue Limb

How describe the delicate thing that happens when a brilliant insect alights on a flower? Words, with their weight, fall upon the picture like…

— Jules Renard

Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere…

— Charles Dickens

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

— William Butler Yeats

With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors.…

— Rick Riordan

Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert,…

— Walter J. Turner

More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the…

— Juliet Marillier

I love watching birds of prey and stags.

— Sue Perkins

“Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant…

— Andrew Marvell

Of all types of birds, birds of prey have always fascinated people.

— Jim Knight

“The house-cat is a four-legged quadruped, the legs as usual being at the corners. It is what is sometimes called a tame animal, though…

— Helen Exley

“Birds of prey and fierce piranha enter not into Nirvana, where are neither thorns nor nettles, only soft and fragrant petals.”

— John Biccard

Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something --…

— Laini Taylor

Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey…

— Marlene Dietrich