"Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not……" — Aldous Huxley
"Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?"
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Aldous Huxley
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533 Quotes by Aldous Huxley
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