“If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.” IfsMenMayMadeLyingDesireBedComfortablePrisonExcellenceBarsIronFeathersFettersProwess Author:Lois McMaster Bujold
“The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery.” MadeShotsFemaleMalesFeathersEmbroidery Book:The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct Source: The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct