„You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?and the rain repeatedly spatteringits words and drilling them fullof apertures and birds.“

— Pablo Neruda

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„When shall we see a life full of steady enthusiasm, walking straight to its aim, flying home, as that bird is now, against the wind — with the calmness and the confidence of one who knows the laws of God and can apply them?“
— Florence Nightingale
„Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is importantjust to look.“
— Marina Abramović
„I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.“
— Emily Dickinson
„Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.“
— Stephen King
„You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.“
— Jim Butcher