Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Owls, meanwhile, display some darker tendencies.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“The owls may indeed not be what they seem. But they serve as an imperative function: they remind us to look into the darkness.”

— Douglas Milford

“owls are the most courteous, single—hearted and faithful creatures living. You must never be familiar, rude or vulgar with them, or make them look…

— T.H. White

“For a breathtaking moment; I spoke the language of the fleeing leaves When the sky is shrouded in darkness Of incoming Ravens in black…

— Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

“a rafter of turkeys, a murder of crows, an exaltation of larks… an unkindness of ravens.”

— Margaux Gillis

“Humans are as drawn to hope as owls are to miracles. It only takes the suggestion of it to stir them up, and the…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“A slender form wrapped in a dark cloak that billowed behind her—very much like another apparition, the impression enhanced by their eerie surroundings.”

— Christina Boyd

“The owl,” he was saying, “is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps.…

— M.J. Rose

“some places, barn owls are considered birds of evil omen, and as such are driven away or killed.”

— IC Wildlife

“The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk.”

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Hens embarrass me; owls disturb me; if I am with an eagle I always pretend that I am not with an eagle; and so…

— James Thurber

All primitive people are frightened of owls,' said Harley. 'The villagers here are scared to death of the gufo. Birds of ill omen. If…

— Francis Brett Young