Songbird Quotes

“Of all the animals that fly, some are like floating flowers (butterflies), some are songbirds that are full of gulp (swallows), and some are swimming birds that also run marathons (ducks). When I compose music to be performed live in an elevator, those are my inspirations.”
― Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

“The garden was full of sorrow
Songbirds and unusual winds whistled a rhyme
Clouds caused to appear and cast down darkness
For this was the first day the sun didn't shine”
― John E. Wordslinger

“He sang a carol about love, about many loves, about four loves. He sang about a foolish story, a dangerous story, a dishonest story, and a wishful story. He sang about a trick, and a dare, and a lie, and a dream.”
― Natalia Jaster, Dream

“That's a raven. The bird from my name poem," she says softly. "It's the biggest songbird there is."

"He's an impressive fellow," I observe.

"She is. She's smart as a whip, too. Did you know they use logic to solve things?"

"Got me beat there," I have to admit.

"And nobody tells them what to say. That bird is who I want to be when I grow up. Someone who says whatever they think is right, no matter what.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping