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“Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A moment’s pause to watch the glory of a sunrise or a sunset is soul-satisfying, while a bird's song will set the steps to music all day long.”

May Long Important Soul Matter Moments Song Interesting Steps Watches Glory Bird Rounds Sunset Satisfying Sunrise Pauses

Book:Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings

Source: Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings

“I'd fly. I sit and watch the birds go by and say, I wish I could do that.”

Wish Watches Bird

Author:Kristin Kreuk

“Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.”

Writing Wells Walks Watches Husband Bird Yoga Garden Dinner My Husband Consuming Backyards Quilters

Author:Kirby Larson

“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.”

“I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.”

Thinking Giving Dies Animal Watches Worst Bird Guilt Flight Cages

Author:Kyle Dunnigan

“There is no word for time. Today we will not think to number another summer or watch its white bird into the ground.”

Thinking Today Time White Numbers Watches Summer Bird White Birds

Author:Anne Sexton

“The time will come, when thou shalt lift thine eyes To watch a long-drawn battle in the skies. While aged peasants, too amazed for words, Stare at the flying fleets of wondrous birds.”

Long Eye Watches Sky Battle Bird Flying Lifts Staring Aviation Amazed Peasants Wondrous Airpower

Author:Thomas Gray

“As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.”

Kind Imagination Watches Sky Bird Clouds Snow Rainbow Feathers Bluebird

Book:Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel

Source: Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel

“One day I'm going to write a book about osprey. It has really gotten deep into my bloodstream. So when you ask what else I do, I feel like this is part of what I do....is to watch these birds.”

Feels Writing Book Asks Watches One Day Bird Ospreys

Author:Alan Lightman

“I think hawking is the nearest thing to flying in this world. There you sit high up and poised light as air, the horse swift beneath you. You unhood your bird, let the jesses go and watch your falcon, its bells a-jingle, like some wild spirit take the air... and your own spirit goes with it.”

Thinking World Light Spirit Watches Air This World Bird Horse Flying Bells Falcon Jingles

Author:Hilda Lewis

“My kids scotch tape worms to the sidewalk and watch the birds get hernias.”

Kids Watches Bird Tape Worms Sidewalk Scotch Hernias Scotch Tape

Author:Rodney Dangerfield