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“She looks skeptical. “A bird attacked you?”     “Not quite.” I give a chagrined sigh. “A bird shit in my eye.”

— Autumn Doughton

“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

“I can never look at a bird without thinking of you," he said. "I wonder what you will do with your wings once you…

— Julianne Donaldson

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

— Lorrie Moore

“She held up the arrow again and threatened the bird. "You do anything, ignite a single spark, and I'm having Kentucky Fried Chicken for…

— Chanda Hahn

“I am much bigger than the average chicken, and furthermore I was armed with a rolling pin and kitchen knife. As a matter of…

— Auberon Waugh

“I will not be like a bird bred in a cage, I thought, too dull to fly even when the door stands open. I…

— Madeline Miller

“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look…

— John Irving

“You are a sparrow,” he said. “You use up your energy from one moment to the next. On folly. On fear. On people who…

— J.S. Drangsholt

“...he picked me up in his arms, as if I was as light as a feather, which I am not, unless it was a…

— Helen Fielding

“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

“..A hawk soared over our carriage, letting out a high, piercing cry of defiance, and I wanted to jump out of the window and…

— Stephanie Burgis