“I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not, for there are always eyes watching you. All the wildlife of the woods, the insects, birds, and animals, are well aware of your presence no matter how softly you may tread, and they follow your every move although you cannot see them.” LifeWellsMayLittlesMatterSeemsEyeMovingFoundAnimalSecretTreeBirdWoodsThickInsectsWildlifeIntimidatingYour PresenceEyes Watching Book:The Gardening Year Source: The Gardening Year
“I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that, at the bottom of their nature, their instincts, their sensations, their obtuse intelligence, assisted by organs less perfect than ours, there is a clouded, secret sentiment of this existence of a superior and primordial Being, from whom all emanates, and to whom all returns.” IfsSpeakPerfectSecretExistenceDogReturnBirdHorseInstinctBottomSuperiorsSensationsSentimentsOrgansElephantsBrutesCloudedEmanate Book:Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People Source: Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People
“I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I'm grateful, obviously. But I don't gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets.” YearsVoiceSecretBirdGratefulEggsHoneySlipsCigaretteSmokers Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part. To sleep for a season and hear no word Of true love's truth or of light love's art, Only the song of a secret bird.” WorldArtDreamLightSongSleepSecretBirdSeasonsChosen Book:Selected Verse Source: Selected Verse
“May my heart always be open to little birds, who are the secrets of living. Whatever they sing is better than to know. And if men should not hear them - then men are old.” IfsKnowsMenShouldHeartMayLittlesSecretMy HeartBird Author:e. e. cummings