Quote by Rick Riordan

“The butterflies I get every time we’re together, are flapping their wings as fast as a hummingbird’s.”

— Ashley Wilcox

“They looked like butterflies, except that they had the long, pointed beaks of hummingbirds, and they seemed to be made out of darkness and…

— Lauren Oliver

“We don't kill for no reason. As he spoke, the hummingbird pulsed between his palms like a heartbeat, whirred into the air and flew.”

— Madison Smartt Bell

“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

“Hummingbirds certainly communicate important things to humankind about our world_including the power, grace and beauty that can be found in a very small being.”

— Leslie Forsberg

“He's throwing everything he can into the air on the chance that something might take flight. And we're the smallest, weakest bird.”

— Ally Condie

“Alberta thought for a moment, and took a live mouse out of her pocket by its tail before dropping it into Wagner’s mouth. The…

— David Walliams

“A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them…

— Sheri S. Tepper

“Then the wind died down and the air grew warm and the flies awoke and started to drone, and they were a constant background…

— J.T. McGowan

“The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly. But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I.”

— Craig Froman

“Birds fly with their wings, people with their happiness!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan