Quote by Penny Reid

“Why be an ostrich?”

— Margaret Mitchell

“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor that dug…

— Meredith Duran

“The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird in the branches”

— Edith Wharton

“ Son of a Midas You, sir, are a stupid-head Here, have an ostrich ”

— Rick Riordan

“Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only seen among men.”

— Victor Hugo

“I just don't wanna be an ostrich. That's all.”

— William T. Vollmann

“Ostriches like shiny things like coins and eyeballs.”

— Charise Mericle Harper

“He had said of me, ‘You are fated to be life’s passive participant,’ but I wrestled fate to the ground and suffocated its’ fortune.…

— Craig Froman

“The ostriches were like messengers who had learned their vital message by heart, but whose vocal chords had been slit by the enemy, so…

— Milan Kundera

“I rested my forehead against the wall and closed my eyes. It wasn’t just my curiosity, or my fascination with anatomy, or how I…

— Megan Shepherd

“My mind slipped from the noose of the thought and swung like a bird, in the center of empty air.”

— Sylvia Plath

“In fact, I've essentially given up on the idea of flight altogether and accepted that I'm going to be an angel-blood who stays earthbound,…

— Cynthia Hand