Christian-fiction Quote by Nancy B. Brewer

“In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.”

— Hayao Miyazaki

“Small things and great occur; a tooth falls from the mouth, a man out of the ranks, a sparrow to the ground.”

— Knut Hamsun

“It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more value than the sparrows.”

— Edith Hamilton

“Don't blame the sparrow, it is your wickedness which has at last met with its reward. I only hope this may be a lesson…

— Yei Theodora Ozaki

“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.”

— Will Cuppy

“If you aspire to be a sparrow you will never be an eagle!”

— Stephen Richards

“In the quiet of the garden then the robin shook his worm, and swallowed its life from the light into darkness with the quick…

— Chris Cleave

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

— Lorrie Moore

“If you’re going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can’t pick and choose who’s going to be the sparrow. It’s everybody,…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“To become a sparrow you don't have to be a crow.”

— Munia Khan

“Before the sparrow arrived, you had almost stopped thinking about flight. Then, last winter, it soared through the sky and landed in front of…

— Ma Jian

“The thirstiest bird is surely the swallow.”

— Jarod Kintz