Quote by Ann Patchett

“In case of attack, this completely inadequate load of bird shot will make a loud noise, if nothing else.”

— Paulette Jiles

“I might not get what I want out of her by asking, but I have other methods of making this little bird sing.”

— Georgia Cates

“When I picked up the bird and felt its light weight in my hands, I realized that carelessness was a form of cruelty. See,…

— J.R. Ward

“The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.”

— Dale Carnegie

“I would not put my little bird in the jaws of a trap without being near enough to make sure it wouldn't close on…

— Lili St. Crow

“It took only one gunshot. His brother and the canary were silenced forever, in front of his eyes...”

— Refaat Alareer

His dagger was out, poised at her throat. “Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life.

— Anonymous

“I did not see where the bullets were going, but little songbirds flew down from the trees, confused and worried. They perched on my…

— Daoud Hari

“What a beautiful bird, they kept telling one another, which was a weird thing to say about a dead thing without a head.”

— Tom Perrotta

"And when you had made sure of the poor little fool," said my aunt - "God forgive me that I should call her so,…

— Charles Dickens

“O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.”

— Siegfried Sassoon

“Guns discommode me. Their facility alarms me. Point and kill. Ruin someone's life. Remove at a finger pull deeply loved people, as important in…

— Frank Delaney