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title: "2 Heard Blackbird Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“I distinctly heard the blackbird from the top of a spruce tree, and clear as glass I heard the lark high up and several other birds whose song I did not know, and it was so weird, it was like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/i-distinctly-heard-the-blackbird-from-the-top-of-a-spruce-tree-and/)

[Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/per-petterson-8468_bird_i-distinctly-heard-the-blackbird-from-th_138117.png)

> [“Sitting on the cot with my back against the wall, I held Maisie the way Mam had shown me, cupped over my shoulder. I tried everything I could think of to comfort her, all the things that had worked before:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/sitting-on-the-cot-with-my-back-against-the-wall-i-held-maisie-the/)

[Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/)

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