Quote by Helen Macdonald

“Who would have imagined a creature that has lived thousands of years would find itself short of time.”

— Mike Mehalek

“We only see a tiny fraction of that creature’s existence. There is a huge amount of its life that we have no knowledge of.”

— Gareth Huw Davies

“That was my brother: it was like he was his own species, one that had sneaked a couple thousand extra years in while evolution…

— Kelly Braffet

“I ain't never seen a creature like that before, she says. He's so smart, he's- More, like a person than a bird? I says.…

— Moira Young

“She said every bird in the air came from a thought of God, and so did I.”

— Lisa Wingate

“But they fly. It is what fledged birds must do, and she's always known that. The nest can't always be full.”

— Susan Fletcher

“How will you live? As birds do, mother.”

— William Shakespeare

“though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken?”

— Lorrie Moore

“You can be such a reptile sometimes,” she said.”

— Peter Watts

“He was like a damaged bird. And they always die, she thought.”

— Sadie Jones

“My beautiful little bird has become a bird of prey, and it suits her oh-so-well”

— D.S. Wrights

“And when she's fragile like this, she's a little lost bird looking for ts nest. So i give her my wing to hide under.”

— Maggie Stiefvater