Reeg Elshaheibi

“I'm lying in my room listening to the birds outside. I used to think they sang because they were happy. But then I learned on a nature show they're really showing off. Trying to lure in some other bird so they can mate with it. Or let the other birds know not to get too close to their turf. I wish I never watched that show, because now all I think about is what those pretty sounds mean. And how they're not pretty at all.”
― Jo Knowles, Jumping Off Swings

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”
― Robert Lynd

“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Creator

“Here is the door of my mom's house, well-remembered childhood portal. Here is the yard, and a set of wires that runs from the house to a wooden pole, and some fat birds sitting together on the wires, five of them lined up like beads on an abacus.”
― Dan Chaon, Stay Awake