“"My burden is light," said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and seem to find a shadow of it in the wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven.” SaidLightSeemsHeavenSupportBearsCreaturesBirdShadowBlessedWingsBurdenFlightCarrieResemblanceRedeemer Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“I'm not a detective from Baker Street or an old lady who solves crimes while she's knitting in an easy chair. I'm just a book girl. So I can't make a deduction, only take a flight of fancy--er, forget I said that. I meant, I can only take a guess.” SaidI CanBookGirlEasyForgetStreetsCrimeSolveFlightFancyChairsDetectivesOld LadyBakersKnittingDeductionsBaker Street Author:Mizuki Nomura
“All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had been touched with boiling water. The same substance, it is said, destroys them the moment it enters their throat.” MenHumansSaidMomentsBodyWaterFlightSubstancePoisonTouchedThroatSerpentBoilingSalivaBoiling Water Book:Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Elder (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Elder (Illustrated)
“A woman on a Southwest Airlines flight gave birth to a baby. As soon as he was born, the baby said, 'I had more leg room in the womb.'” SaidBornRoomsBabyBirthLegsFlightWombAirlineSouthwest Airlines Author:Conan O'Brien