Magpie Quote by Richard Adams

“But then the dove of hope began its downward slope And I believed for a moment that my chances Were approaching to be grabbed…

— Fiona Apple

“Outside a sparrow was swaying back and forth on the branch of a birch tree. A tiny drop fell away from beneath his tail.…

— Vasily Aksyonov

“A large bird, a buzzard perhaps, was circling on high on a current of air, a tiny, soaring point of black, looking for food,…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“She was held together by a thread. Not even a strong fishing wire, but the kind of thread that could fray and break in…

— R.L. Griffin

“The whole right side of his face was smashed in, concave forehead and crushed cheekbone and one eye bugging precariously from a broken socket.…

— Joan Frances Turner

“Yet there in the library, Hamish and I climbed the bright ladder of the body, as if it were sky and we a deafening.…

— Regina O'Melveny

“What I wanted was to get away. But the moon was too far beyond, and there were white bits under me, where the flesh…

— Tsitsi Dangarembga

“Here was the same murmuring quiet, broken only by an occasional whisper, the faint thud of a librarian stamping books or overdue notices, the…

— Stephen King

“He saw the delicate blades of grass which the bodies of his comrades had fertilized; he saw the little shoots on the shell-shocked trees.…

— Humphrey Cobb

“The magus said thoughtfully, "That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“Suddenly, I found myself running along the rooftop, leaping and falling. Falling until I caught the zip-line handle and then I was zooming, flying…

— Maya Bode

“There was silence on the other end. The static crackle from one hundred kilometres of telephone lines. Crows sitting on them, shivering, while people's…

— John Ajvide Lindqvist