“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.”
“Your listening, not your speaking, is your most direct access to leadership effectiveness.”
“keep simple and be wise!”
“I don't mind taking orders from them as has the right to give them," she said, "but take orders from that ridiculous bird I will not.”
Source: The Sea of Adventure
“Reader, I married him.
It turned out the sounds I heard coming from the attic weren't the screams of Mr Rochester's mad wife Bertha. It wasn't the wife who burned to death in the fire that destroyed Thornfield Hall and blinded my future husband when he tried to save her.
After we'd first got engaged, he'd had to admit that he was already married, and we'd broken off our engagement. He'd asked me to run away with him anyway. Naturally, I'd refused.
But later, after we were properly married, he insisted that it hadn't happened that way. It turned out there had been no wife. It turned out that it had been a parrot, screaming in the attic. The parrot had belonged to his wife. She had got it in the islands, where she had also contracted the tropical fever that killed her. She'd died long before I came to work for him as a governess. That was never Bertha, in the attic.”
Source: The Mirror: A Short Story from the collection, Reader, I Married Him
“To my mind, there is nothing better than hanging out with a petite, feathery sidekick all day long. - Love and Feathers”
“Imagine if you will the most creative, energetic, and affectionate kitten or puppy you've ever experienced. Then add wings. - Love and Feathers”
Source: Love & Feathers: what a palm-sized parrot has taught me about life, love, and healthy self-esteem
“When I have guests over I don't have to worry about making conversation. Pearl takes care of that. - Love and Feathers”
Source: LOVE & FEATHERS: What a Palm-Sized Parrot Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Healthy
“Parrots typically operate on one volume, "LOUD." Sometimes they will vary this with "extra LOUD" and "unbearably LOUD." - Love and Feathers”
Source: LOVE & FEATHERS: What a Palm-Sized Parrot Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Healthy
“mammals," he mutters. "can't live with them, can't live without them.”
Source: Escape from the Carnival of Horrors