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“Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible.”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis

“For a long time, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis

“We'd bedeck ourselves with our handiwork and loll about thus beautified, beyond the touch of the everyday world.”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis

“It takes a lot of love to hate you like this.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger