Beauty Quote by Marisha Pessl

“...that somewhere from amidst the welter of sound there will dart up, like a bird, a single authentic note of immortal longing.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“A bright gray sky woke me, sunlight diffused through high thin clouds. That, and the extraordinarily cheerful sound of some bird I did not…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

“When she had fallen asleep on me, and the saw in the yard was quiet, and a blackbird was singing as the colors of…

— Bernhard Schlink

“There was a tiny silence, only the soft hum of the fluorescence. I thought of her in the cold ruined house, with night birds…

— Tana French The Likeness

“...words-- a flock of birds in a tree at nightfall.”

— Cassiano Ricardo

“They were halfway across the road when a birdcall tugged her back, pulling at some strange, secret part of her. A crow, she thought,…

— Emilia Hart

“She was like a forest, like the dark interlacing of the oakwood, humming inaudibly with myriad unfolding buds. Meanwhile the birds of desire were…

— D.H. Lawrence

“Then came night that was like falling water. At times, for hours, a bird spirit, half buzzard, half swan, just above the rushes from…

— Peter Huchel

“I did not see where the bullets were going, but little songbirds flew down from the trees, confused and worried. They perched on my…

— Daoud Hari

“While I waited for Adley to answer, I took in our surroundings. The sky was a lovely shade of pink, there were scattered flowers…

— Nicole Sobon

“The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice. Her eyes caught the melody and echoed it in radiance,…

— Oscar Wilde

“That was one of the most rewarding things about spending nights in the open. Birds were bound to wake you up, and whether they…

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o