Bird Quote by Edith Wharton

“The Swooping Birds that Caught Her Eyes”

— Hugh Howey

“If she had looked more deeply into herself, she would have realized that what had thrilled her about the bird was his freedom, the…

— Paulo Coelho

“She attended the French performance, but the play's content now had a connection to her life. She read a book and the book invariably…

— Ivan Goncharov

“Her gift with wild birds allowed her to bring them to her merely by lifting her hand. From a distance, when she ran so…

— Alice Hoffman

“She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.”

— Monique Duval

“A pink fluttering bird flew across her mind.”

— Anne Mallory

“She sketched songbirds when she was supposed to be minding her lessons, and she sketched church mice when she was meant to be at…

— Tessa Dare

“My mind slipped from the noose of the thought and swung like a bird, in the center of empty air.”

— Sylvia Plath

“She was like a forest, like the dark interlacing of the oakwood, humming inaudibly with myriad unfolding buds. Meanwhile the birds of desire were…

— D.H. Lawrence

“The flock of birds always living in her chest these days had been startled. They flund themselves against the confines of her ribs, beating…

— Kiersten White

“A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them…

— Sheri S. Tepper

“When she was living one of her fantasies she felt like a bird, the freedom of its wings letting her soar without earthly boundaries,…

— Wendy Anne Gibbins-Lekkou