Quotes of: Bird Keyword

When the phone rang I was in the kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti and whistling along with an FM broadcast of the overture to Rossini's 'The Thieving Magpie,' which has to be the perfect music for cooking pasta.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Stop agreeing with everything I say! It's not as if you're going to solve everything by admitting your mistakes. Whether or not you admit then or not, mistakes are mistakes." "It's true," I said. It -was- true.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Money had no name, of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Maybe the world was like a revolving door, it occurred to him as his consciousness was fading away. And which section you ended up in was just a matter of where your foot happened to fall.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were tremendously complicated, to be sure, but one thing was clear: no one needed me.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

If something came out of the deal, it couldn’t make things any worse for us than they already were, I thought. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. Hell has no true bottom.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I'd always thought that the earth on which I stood was a solid object that would last forever. Or rather, I'd never thought about such a thing at all. I'd simply taken it for granted.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

When I said, “I am my mother, but I’m not,” I was saying my path would be my own.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Each of us has one. Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Just because I flap my arms, that doesn’t make me a bird. No, I’m a bird because I believe myself to be. That’s the power of faith.

A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom

But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it ...

Reed Hastings

We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.

One Bird's Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-Something Who Moves Back Home

I have trained my eye over and over ever since I was a kid. I was a bird watcher when I was a little boy. My grandmother gave me a bird book, and I got to like their colors.

Ellsworth Kelly

Our followers are like bees which live among birds. None of the birds recognize the bees because of their small size and weakness. They would not treat them this way if they realized that these very small bees can carry honey which is very valuable i...

Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

Every spring, this country will be reminded of the Lady from Texas. As trees bloom and flowers carpet our nation's capital, Lady Bird Johnson will be remembered. Only Lady Bird Johnson could, with her vision of a beautiful America, lay claim to sprin...

David Mixner