Quote by John Connolly Download Open image ““It was like finding oneself under the scrutiny of a stuffed bird. His”” — John Connolly ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Concealed from the public eye, snug within his coffin, Mr Bird looked as he had looked in life. Despite his size and the flowing… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
“...better a live bird in the jungle of the body than two stuffed birds on the library table.” — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
“And with that, away he went. You never see a bird work so since you was born. He laid into his work like a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“He had a tattoo of a bird on his neck done by someone with an ill-formed notion of their appearance.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken?” — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“In all his trials he felt encouraged and sometimes even upbourne by a secret force within. The soul helps the body, and at certain… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He was, of course, a piece of the sky. His eyes said so. This is not a face; this is the other part of… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“A bird like that must fly free and feed on nostalgia for the same time when he flew alongside someone else.” — Paulo Coelho's Copy Share Image
“I wondered which other phrases he´d plucked. I felt like a bird he kept for quills.” — Naoise Dolan Copy Share Image
“You are a sparrow,” he said. “You use up your energy from one moment to the next. On folly. On fear. On people who don’t mean anything. What are you looking for?” I cried even harder, but at the same time I began to feel irritated. He didn’t even know me, for Pete’s sake. And if I was going to… — J.S. Drangsholt Copy Share
“We knew he was taking an adventure, and we gave him the room. If we hadnt, hedve found a way around it. Birds have… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“She nodded, looking down at the small wooden bird, a plain thing carved by a great man who'd always taken pleasure in creating things… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group of homicidal, class-obsessed small… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo? — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“There is a price to be paid for everything, and it is a good idea to find out that price before you make the… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“She was a round, curvy woman who, for Parker, brought to mind a figure assembled from a selection of soft fruits. Aside” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“When Louis relaxed, it was an indication that a threat was at hand and he was preparing to act, as when an archer releases… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“The presence in the living room called to her, summoning her in a hundred voices and none, a great dissonant harmony alien yet familiar,… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Warraner would rather have been the king of nothing than the prince of something.” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“had been like wandering into the wrong carnival sideshow, the kind that left one feeling sick and slightly soiled.” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“think you just like tethering goats.” “Well, be sure to tell me when your rope begins” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“David could tell, by looking at her face as she read, whether or not the story contained in the book was living inside her,… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
