Quote by Sarah J. Maas

“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

“Last night, the stars on the water were trap doors. The crows with their charred wings are complaining to a hawk. It’s time to…

— Richard Jackson

Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is…

— Sun Tzu

“As I turned to go, I nearly trod on the body of a young robin half hidden in the grass. Its wings were twisted…

— Jennifer Donnelly

“Every bird of prey looks over its shoulder before it goes in for the kill, even a hawk. Even they know to watch their…

— Michelle Horst

“When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“...the great black bird broods outside my window in the high dark night waiting to enfold me when I leave the house tomorrow only…

— Jack Kerouac

“The early worm gets eaten by the early bird.”

— Anonymous

“Suddenly, over the slope, as if tethered to a cord of air drawing quickly upward, came a Northern Harrier, motionless but for its rising.…

— William Least Heat Moon

If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even…

— Frans de Waal

“Once upon a time there was a little blackbird, pushed out of the nest, unwanted.”

— Amy Harmon

“likeness of a bird of prey. She’s terrible and wonderful to look at, with soft, bronze wings that grow from the bottom of her…

— Zoraida Córdova