Quote by Philip Ridley

“The devil tells the best stories.”

— Patrick Ness

“At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all, seeing what they sensed all day....”

— Anne Sexton

“... but there lies a pain and longing in his eyes, a look of horror as he sees a batlike form crawl to its…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“A bat flies straight towards my face. it gives me a perfect view of of possibly one of the ugliest creatures alive. It has…

— J.E. Fison

“And then feathery, furry wings touched my face and I bit back a yell. The wings brushed my hair as the creature passed me…

— April White

“He was laughing under his breath, like a cruel wolf, as he leaned over to light his last cigarette. Books play that kind of…

— Arturo Perez-Reverte

“And what if ever on some distant day a memory comes to you of an old familiar whiff or the sound of dogs barking…

— Amos Oz

“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet…

— Maya Angelou

“You have a life and there are these volumes on either side that go unvisited; some day soon as the world winds he will…

— John Updike

“The rat scuttles, the big cat creeps, the monkey dashes, The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts, And the owl hoots…

— Sandy Fussell

“One night he woke to the soughing of great wings and saw a bat-like creature with the head of a violin resting upon the…

— Lawrence Durrell

“The devil loves these short, dark days.”

— Alice McDermott