Bitterness Quote by Peter S. Beagle

“colonial American and Australian schoolchildren once memorized poems about British skylarks while the blue jays or cockatoos (according to continent) squawked outside, utterly ignored.…

— Barbara Kingsolver

A pair of jaybirds came up from nowhere, whirled up on the blast like gaudy scraps of cloth or paper and lodged in the…

— William Faulkner

“I now wondered if the lullaby of death was not a lovely song, but the droning of flies. If flies and maggots were all…

— Sarah J. Maas

“little birdy fly's away from the nest on its own and comes back with one twig and you invite it back in, it will…

— Edna Stewart

“Then they, too, lay down on mattresses stuffed with straw, hearing the music of the flies to buzz them to sleep, holding each other's…

— Orson Scott Card

“ Oh bats, oh bats, oh snacks with wings– Come and hear how Taggle sings! Oh squirm, oh squeak, my wriggly bats– You'll make…

— Erin Bow

“Bees and butterflies, moths and dragonflies, the flowers and the brooks and the clouds.”

— George MacDonald

“The music interrupted mockingbirds and cardinals and half-hour church bells. It was at times orchestral and at times a cappella, a mighty love song…

— Rita Leganski

“Golden head by golden head, Like two pigeons in one nest Folded in each other's wings, They lay down in their curtained bed: Like…

— Christina Rossetti

“Children have their morning song as well as birds.”

— Victor Hugo

I always loved those little creatures [hummingbird], always feel blessed when they appear nearby. There's a magical quality to them. I finally put one…

— Leonard Cohen

“This time of year, the purple blooms were busy with life- not just the bees, but butterflies and ladybugs, skippers and emerald-toned beetles, flitting…

— Susan Wiggs