Taylor

“Birds are not difficult to understand. Their behaviour tells me what they are thinking. Generally it runs along the lines of: Is this food? Is this? What about this? This might be food. I am almost certain that this is. Or occasionally: It is raining. I do not like it.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

“I didn’t know you could get buried in your own silence.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“It’s bad to be a dragon.”
“Says who? Nothing wrong with a little bit of viciousness. Would you rather be a dove or a dragon?”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Star-Touched Queen

“What you make from a tree should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory