You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rain—roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy… — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is reported of the peacock that priding himself in his gay feathers he ruffles them up; but spying his black feet… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
“What's that sound?" Fran said. Then something as big as a vulture flapped heavily down from one of the trees and landed… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed, — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall. — Janette Rallison Copy Share Image
I know exactly how strong he is... He is like a peacock, spreading his feathers and squawking loudly to distract you from… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line; Let me, less cruel, cast the… — John Gay Copy Share Image
“It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors." The bird… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
What we take to be our strongest tower of delight, only stands at the caprice of the minutest event the falling of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Yes, I actually have a portable fly-tying kit in my vest. I spent hours putting it all together, with a special emphasis… — Jack Ohman Copy Share Image
How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Some days confidence shrinks to the size of a pea, and the backbone feels like a feather. We want to be somewhere… — Jean Hersey Copy Share Image
I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I collect firearms, and I've got a Winchester, an Indian rifle. It has tacks for every warrior that was shot, like notches… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived,… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
“A bird with great feathers may have nothing else! Anyone who is deceived by dazzling feathers can find themselves in a pale… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
In the late 1930s, both the British and American movie industries made a succession of films celebrating the decency of the British… — Philip French Copy Share Image
Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear in their… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors. — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
My father used to say: Every bird is one bird, and every book is one book, and every bird and every book… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!' 'The red plague rid you!' 'Toads, beetles, bats, light on you!' 'As… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
