Air Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The music interrupted mockingbirds and cardinals and half-hour church bells. It was at times orchestral and at times a cappella, a mighty love song…

— Rita Leganski

“Before the Battle: Music of whispering trees Hushed by the broad-winged breeze Where shaken water gleams; And evening radiance falling With reedy bird-notes calling.…

— Siegfried Sassoon

“The sounds of extinct birds may be preserved in the songs of mockingbirds”

— Jerry Spinelli

“People laughed less and grumbled more, sang less and shouted more, and the sounds they made grew louder and uglier. It became difficult to…

— Norton Juster

Outside the trees dragged their leaves like nets through the depths of the air; the sound of water was in the room and through…

— Virginia Woolf

“It spread out its wings, fitted them carefully into place again, ducked its head for a moment, as though making a sort of obeisance…

— George Orwell

There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings Then a strange…

— Rachel Carson

“And then, abruptly, the voice turned to a different tone—sharper, harsher, more desperate. Then it hushed altogether. The sensation was like sitting by a…

— Bella Forrest

“There were rockets like a flock of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke: their leaves…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Water, wind and birdsong were the echoes in this quiet place of a great chiming symphony that was surging around the world. Knee-deep in…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods.”

— Walter Tevis

“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