“It's all right," she said. "It's all right." That was really a very nice sound. There should be a bird that does that: that sings when you are impotent.” — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
“A bright gray sky woke me, sunlight diffused through high thin clouds. That, and the extraordinarily cheerful sound of some bird I did not know and wanted to strangle.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image