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title: "2 Birds Wing Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/people-are-like-birds-on-the-wing-all-beautiful-up-close-all-beady/)

[Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/mignon-mclaughlin-742_beautiful_people-are-like-birds-on-the-wing-all-be_399529.png)

> [“There’s a beauty in birds on the wing, That stirs the heart and makes earthbound creatures Long for flight, but the larks above the battlefield Are silenced by the sounds of war. I have watched birds out at sea, Catching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-todd/there-s-a-beauty-in-birds-on-the-wing-that-stirs-the-heart-and-makes/)

[Charles Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-todd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/charles-todd-17830_beauty_there-s-a-beauty-in-birds-on-the-wing-th_2255969.jpg)

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