Affirming Quote by David Foster Wallace

“...it occurred that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day, might actually, in…

— David Foster Wallace

“For a long time, he pondered his transformation, listened to the bird, as it sang for joy. Had not this bird died in him,…

— Hermann Hesse

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

— George Eliot

“One thing he held against the bird force was the curse of knowing always which direction he was headed in, without the vaguest idea…

— Douglas Woolf

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

— George Eliot

The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on…

— Oscar Wilde

“the dream except that there was something about a bird, and even that vague detail was so far lost to his waking mind that…

— Brian Harmon

“he recalled nothing but a bird (or birds, or something bird-like…he simply couldn’t remember) and like the first time, he awoke utterly convinced”

— Brian Harmon

“His stories were not always new, but there was in the telling of them a special kind of magic. His voice could roll like…

— David Eddings

“He threw up the conkers into the air in his great happiness. In the tree above him they disturbed a roosting crow, which erupted…

— Sebastian Faulks

“Since birds took flight, they were closer to the spirit world than man was, so ignoring a message from a bird might mean missing…

— Jodi Picoult

“he begins to notice that he has been turned out of the silent company of the trees, the animals, the stars, and the unconscious…

— Erich Maria Remarque