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“The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.”

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W. P. Kinsella

W. P. Kinsella was a Canadian novelist whose works often explored themes of baseball and small-town life. His most famous novel, 'Shoeless Joe', was adapted into the film 'Field of Dreams'. more

“The bird Gamayun was related to Alkonost and Sirin in some vague fashion-even the most casual observer would've noticed that all three of them were not entirely birds; they had the faces and breasts of women, severe but beautiful. And when their lips opened, they sand in women's voices, deep and rich and bittersweet.”

Beautiful Faces Three Voice Rich Fashion Bird Lips Related Sand Breasts Vague Severe Observers Casual Bittersweet

Author:Ekaterina Sedia

“All primitive people are frightened of owls,' said Harley. 'The villagers here are scared to death of the gufo. Birds of ill omen. If they see one, they think they'll die. But they never do. See one, I mean, of course,' he added with a laugh.”

People Ifs Thinking Mean Said Dies Courses Laughing Bird Ill Scared Frightened Primitive Owl Omen Harley

Author:Francis Brett Young

“I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face. He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinchingher painfully. And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song.”

Looks Littles Faces Lying Song Dies Can Do Dog Bird Fingers Knights Chins Hounds Never Lie

Book:A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

“She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.”

Gone Bird Handful Grievance

Book:Gone Girl: A Novel

Source: Gone Girl: A Novel

“And tell him to paint me a sign, with-no suicides permitted here, and no smloing in the parlor; might as well kill both birds at once.”

Wells Might Bird Suicide Paint Parlor

Book:Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

Source: Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

“We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.”

Helping Faces Strong Wish Effort Brave Helping Others Disaster Endurance Be Brave Brave And Strong

Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“This infantile sense of order tended to infect my life at large. Up at 5:30 a.m., coffee, oatmeal, perhaps sausage (homemade), and fresh eggs giving one of the yolks to Lola. Listening to NPR and grieving more recently over the absence of Bob Edwards who was the sound of morning as surely as birds. Reading a paragraph or two of Emerson or Loren Eiseley to raise the level of my thinking. Going out to feed the cattle if it was during our six months of bad weather.”

“Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds.”

People Mean Whole Young Community Produce Serious Summer Spring Bird Winter Autumn Engagement Idleness Malady Bouquets Measles

Book:The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

Source: The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

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