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title: "1 Songbird Quotes By Amal El-Mohtar"
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> [“But I am the songbird running out of air, and I must breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/but-i-am-the-songbird-running-out-of-air-and-i-must-breathe/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

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## More by Amal El-Mohtar

> [There were some problems only coffee and ice cream could fix.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/there-were-some-problems-only-coffee-and-ice-cream-could-fix/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“Atlantis sinks. Serves it right. Red hates the place. For one thing, there are so many Atlantises, always sinking, in so many strands: an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/atlantis-sinks-serves-it-right-red-hates-the-place-for-one-thing/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“...we have, each of us, a story that is uniquely ours, a narrative arc that we can walk with purpose once we figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/we-have-each-of-us-a-story-that-is-uniquely-ours-a-narrative-arc-that/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [This is a collection of dexterous, loving, beautifully optimistic work that left me breathless and delighted… Hannu Rajaniemi's magnificent science fiction - as is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/this-is-a-collection-of-dexterous-loving-beautifully-optimistic-work/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/at-the-end-as-at-the-start-and-through-all-the-in-betweens-i-love-you/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“Words are abstraction, break off from the green; words are patterns in the way fences and trenches are. Words hurt. I can hide in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/words-are-abstraction-break-off-from-the-green-words-are-patterns-in/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“And everyone is alive, somewhere in time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/and-everyone-is-alive-somewhere-in-time/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“Adventure works in any strand—it calls to those who care more for living than for their lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/adventure-works-in-any-strand-it-calls-to-those-who-care-more-for/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“She soaked her feet in salt and stared up at the stars and wondered whether drowning would hurt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/she-soaked-her-feet-in-salt-and-stared-up-at-the-stars-and-wondered/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“knowing things is nicer when somebody else knows you know them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/knowing-things-is-nicer-when-somebody-else-knows-you-know-them/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“Coleridge wrote a poem called ‘The Eolian Harp,’ in which he explored the notion of music slumbering on its instrument. It's a gorgeous poem!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/coleridge-wrote-a-poem-called-the-eolian-harp-in-which-he-explored/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

> [“But I am the songbird running out of air, and I must breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amal-el-mohtar/but-i-am-the-songbird-running-out-of-air-and-i-must-breathe/)

[Amal El-Mohtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amal-el-mohtar/)

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