“She blushed and we smiled at her, when the Magpie saw us kissing passionately below the Acacia tree.” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“She blushed and I smiled when we saw the Magpie look at us while we kissed below the Acacia tree!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character. — Andrew Lincoln Copy Share Image
I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm a magpie - I collect accessories and trinkets. But I don't have expensive tastes. — Suranne Jones Copy Share Image
When you find the jewel of a thousand empires, every small magpie is your enemy. — Allun Hillman Copy Share Image
When I was little, I was like a magpie, which is a bird that's attracted to shiny things. They'll build their nests… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
I have this magpie instinct for the next glittering object. There are one or two things I know I can't write about,… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I am a complete magpie when it comes to gold leaf. I use it throughout the year but it is especially fitting… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
“A magpie, seeing some light-colored object conspicuous on the empty slope, flew closer to look. but all that lay there was a… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
I try not to be superstitious, but, you know, we never put any shoes on the table. That's totally against the law… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
“The colour of the magpie, her father was saying, was symbolic of creation. The void, the mystery of that which had not… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
“A magpie can be happy or sad: sometimes so happy that he sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the… — Colin Thiele Copy Share Image
“A butterfly stands in a puddle of melting sorbet, tasting the essence of strawberry with her feet. An ant walks past, carrying… — Pete Beebe Copy Share Image
“Suburbia Knocks by Stewart Stafford Covert dawn's surreptitious light, A magpie sentry's warning song, Swooping, scanning silent streets, Cackling danger all night… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
