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“I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.”

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Omar Khayyam was a Persian philosopher, mathematician, and poet, renowned for his contributions to algebra and his philosophical works, particularly the 'Quatrains', which have had a profound influence on Western literature and thought. more

“Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people in a room, or birds in the air. Jung concluded that Philemon taught him psychic objectivity, the reality of the psyche. This helped Jung to understand that there is something in me which can say things that I do not know and do not intend.”

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Book:The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

Source: The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

“You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began”

Bird Built Finished Beaten

Author:Alejandra Pizarnik

“I will drop into your chest like a vegetal ambrosia. I will be the grain that regenerates the cruelly plowed furrow. Poetry will be born of our intimate union. A god we shall create together, and we shall soar heavenward like sunbeams, perfumes, butterflies, birds, and all winged things.”

Together Born Bird Unions Intimate Chests Butterfly Grain Soar Perfume Sunbeams Ambrosia

Book:Artificial Paradises

Source: Artificial Paradises

“An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks.”

Bird Wisest Owl

Author:Christie Watson

“Here is the door of my mom's house, well-remembered childhood portal. Here is the yard, and a set of wires that runs from the house to a wooden pole, and some fat birds sitting together on the wires, five of them lined up like beads on an abacus.”

Wells Running Together House Five Doors Childhood Mom Bird Sitting My Mom Fats Remembered Yards Wire Portal Beads Abacus Sitting Together

Author:Dan Chaon

“If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.”

Ifs Bird Ems Worms Pistols

Author:Darrell Royal

“Verse is the natural speech of men, as singing is of birds'The Week's Survey, 18 June 1904”

Men Natural Week Speech Singing Bird Verses June Surveys

Book:Selected Poems of Edward Thomas

Source: Selected Poems of Edward Thomas

“Me? Robin Goodfellow, a family man? He, not likely, ice-boy. I mean, think of what that would do to my reputation. Glamour shimmered around him, and he gave us a wink. Later, lovebirds. Gimme a heads up when the kid arrives. 'Uncle Puck' will be waiting.”

Thinking Men Mean Kids Waiting Boys Bird Reputation Ice Uncles Glamour Robins Puck Heads Up Family Man Lovebirds

Book:The Iron Legends: Winter's Passage\Summer's Crossing\Iron's Prophecy

Source: The Iron Legends: Winter's Passage\Summer's Crossing\Iron's Prophecy

“The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.”

Two Fighting Waiting Natural Enemy Rocks Higher Bird Currents Storm Soar Eagles Serpent Storms Of Life Natural Enemies Thermal

Book:The Timeless Love Collection: A Time to Dance and A Time to Embrace

Source: The Timeless Love Collection: A Time to Dance and A Time to Embrace

“In her dance, she controlled the bright paper birds with invisible wires and threads. She played the human: heavy, tied to earth. Her dances weren't pretty or delightful, but they were magical, [...] They called her a dancer and a puppeteer and an artist. They might have called her a witch, and not the good kind either.”

Humans Kind Might Earth Artist Paper Bird Heavy Invisible Dancer Controlled Witch Tied Thread Delightful Wire Puppeteer

Author:Katherine Catmull

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