--- title: "3 Colin Thiele Quotes" description: "Colin Thiele has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/colin-thiele-79698_australia_a-magpie-can-be-happy-or-sad-sometimes-s_274657.jpg" --- # Colin Thiele **3** quotes in **8** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Colin Thiele > [“A magpie can be happy or sad: sometimes so happy that he sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-thiele/a-magpie-can-be-happy-or-sad-sometimes-so-happy-that-he-sits-on-a/) Colin Thiele [Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/colin-thiele-79698_australia_a-magpie-can-be-happy-or-sad-sometimes-s_274657.jpg) > [“Dr Piper smiled hugely like a big cherub. 'Of course it's wonderful. The whole world is wonderful. Everything is made to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-thiele/dr-piper-smiled-hugely-like-a-big-cherub-of-course-it-s-wonderful-the/) Colin Thiele [Australian-literature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian-literature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/colin-thiele-79698_australian-literatur_dr-piper-smiled-hugely-like-a-big-cherub_1094922.jpg) > [“The green sea swept into the shallows and seethed there like slaking quicklime. It surged over the rocks, tossing up spangles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-thiele/the-green-sea-swept-into-the-shallows-and-seethed-there-like-slaking/) Colin Thiele [Australian-literature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian-literature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/colin-thiele-79698_australian-literatur_the-green-sea-swept-into-the-shallows-an_1631130.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-thiele/#itemlist", "name": "Colin Thiele Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A magpie can be happy or sad: sometimes so happy that he sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the sunrise around in his throat like beads of pink sunlight; and sometimes so sad that you would expect the tears to drip off his beak. 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