Ankles Quote by Donna Tartt

When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now and forever.…

— Donna Tartt

“The lonely little dicky bird, without a shred of shame, perched precariously on a weathered branch. He paid no heed to the gathering storm…

— Michella Augusta

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme

— Jacqueline Carey

“A vision had seized hold of me, like the demented fury of a hound that has sunk its teeth into the leg of a…

— Werner Herzog

Now that I know that each star has its path, each bird is finally feathered and grown in the unbroken shell, each tree in…

— Judith Wright

In this place of light: he dares to live Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of…

— Theodore Roethke

“Until he found that bird, life would remain gray and bleak, illogical, without purpose; every seagull would remain a coincidental collection of blood and…

— Richard Bach

Every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two…

— John Gould

Take the birds which you'll have noticed in so many of my recent paintings. I never thought them up, they just materialized of their…

— Georges Braque

“As I turned to go, I nearly trod on the body of a young robin half hidden in the grass. Its wings were twisted…

— Jennifer Donnelly

The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.

— Richard Jefferies

And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across…

— Theodore Roosevelt