Beauty Quote by John Green

“do not know which to prefer, / The beauty of inflections / Or the beauty of innuendos, / The blackbird whistling / Or just after.”

— Wallace Stevens

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

— Wallace Stevens

“Shall the nightingale offend the stillness of the night, or the firefly the stars? And shall your flame or your smoke burden the wind?”

— Kahlil Gibran

“Anticipation whets the wit, and wets the whistle.”

— Simon Peacock

“Handsome had perfectly imitated the noises she’d been hearing from the big-beaked birds. If that was another RainWing talent, it was one she’d never…

— Tui T. Sutherland

“The most beautiful birds do not know how beautiful they are until they see their reflection in water.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Find ineffable beauty in the tranquil breath of the morning, no matter how slight.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“And what we whistle, we may sing.”

— Will Jelbert

“If in the moonlight from the silent bough Suddenly with precision speak your name The nightingale, be not assured that now His wing is…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.”

— Athanasius Kircher

“Then I will not repine Knowing that bird of mine Though flown shall in a distant tree Bright melody for me Return.”

— Emily Dickinson

“After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.”

— Gerard Manley Hopkins