Water lily Quote by Mary Oliver

“Chorus [of Birds]: Man is a truly cunning creature.”

— Aristophanes

“Have the mind of a fox, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swan, and the soul…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them…

— Sheri S. Tepper

“For the author as for God, standing outwith his creation, all times are one; all times are now. In mine own country, we accept…

— G.M.W. Wemyss

“The human bird shall take his first flight,filling the words with amazement,all writings with his fame,and bringing eternal glory to those whose nest whence…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only…

— Colin Higgins

“They did not hear Grimble, as he lay dying, chant in the true voice of the Boreal Owl, in tones like chimes in the…

— Kathryn Lasky

“Butterflies... not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures”

— Elizabeth Goudge

“Until he found that bird, life would remain gray and bleak, illogical, without purpose; every seagull would remain a coincidental collection of blood and…

— Richard Bach

“They looked like butterflies, except that they had the long, pointed beaks of hummingbirds, and they seemed to be made out of darkness and…

— Lauren Oliver

“Birds are the lunatics of the animal world.”

— Victor Lodato