Brazil Quote by Nicholson Baker

“She was a free bird one minute: queen of the world and laughing. The next minute she would be in tears like a porcelain…

— Roman Payne

“The bird music sank into her, like a song you used to know but forgot long ago. You hear a piano play it some…

— Katherine Catmull

“I might not get what I want out of her by asking, but I have other methods of making this little bird sing.”

— Georgia Cates

“Somewhere a bird sang, its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the still air...I think it's a sort of lark or something. Our tradition…

— Jane Johnson

“And there were birds singing, and--oh, I wish I could remember, and make you all see how lovely it was!--and flowers, and everything was…

— Shirley Jackson

“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

“And from that moment, I watched her. Watched her with different coloured eyes, until the raging energy that coursed through my body finally revealed…

— Sarah Winman

“Her voice had a thin thread of sadness running through it that made the song important, that made it tell a story that wasn’t…

— Ann Petry

“Her chest full of crisp air and inspiration, her feet atop a forgettable mountain where the stars make you feel insignificant and important all…

— Ben Montgomery

“As she sang, she saw the notes float out of her mouth like little butterflies, carrying some of her sadness away, and she knew,…

— Yaa Gyasi

“And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm not talking like a hundred-watt bulb; she just…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

“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