Blackbirds Quote by David Nicholls

“When she had fallen asleep on me, and the saw in the yard was quiet, and a blackbird was singing as the colors of…

— Bernhard Schlink

“I distinctly heard the blackbird from the top of a spruce tree, and clear as glass I heard the lark high up and several…

— Per Petterson

“If you don't mind, I'd like to watch them," he said. "They're just ugly loud crows." I tugged on his arm.”

— Stacy Claflin

“...the great black bird broods outside my window in the high dark night waiting to enfold me when I leave the house tomorrow only…

— Jack Kerouac

“...somewhere, nearby voices filled with dusk, cabs and panhandlers and one drunken girl screeching like a wounded bird - all of it flushed with…

— Marisha Pessl

“Hearing it, I wonder how I could have ever thought that the birdcall I heard earlier sounded anything like the Officer’s whistle.”

— Ally Condie

“There was a bird whistle as Polly neared the hiding place. She identified this one as the sound of the Very Bad Bird Impersonator…”

— Terry Pratchett

“Anyway, I’d be more worried about them hearing us than seeing us. You make a lot of noise, Lizzy.” She gasped and hit his…

— Sarah Mayberry

“His voice is like 999 one-winged vultures, all flapping in unison, while 333 horned frogs croak in protest. My love must sound better to her.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice. Her eyes caught the melody and echoed it in radiance,…

— Oscar Wilde

“There was a tiny silence, only the soft hum of the fluorescence. I thought of her in the cold ruined house, with night birds…

— Tana French The Likeness

“Like calls to like. I'd sense it when the Hummingbird entered the Unsea, but I'd been too afraid to embrace it. This time, I…

— Leigh Bardugo