"... Let the cage bird and the cage bird mate and the wild bird mate in the wild."
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"To this urn let those repair That are either true or fair; For these dead birds sigh a prayer."
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"In springtime, the only pretty ring time Birds sing, hey ding A-ding, a-ding Sweet lovers love the spring—"
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"In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet. . . ."
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"Never had the sky been more studded with stars and more charming, the trees more trembling, the odor of the grass more penetrating; never had the birds fallen asleep among the leaves with a sweeter noise; never had all the harmonies of universal serenity responded more thoroughly to the inward music of love; never had Marius been more captivated, more happy, more ecstatic."
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"They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give."
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"Zen enriches no one. There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while in the place where it is thought to be. But they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone, the "nothing," the "no-body" that was there, suddenly appears. That is Zen. It was there all the time but the scavengers missed it, because it was not their kind of prey."
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"More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark?"
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"...when the little boy discovered, at four, the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he lost all interest in himself."
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"People would say, "You know, Rich, it's nature. Birds of a feather flock together." I have to point out to them that, no, that's not the case."
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"Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers."
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"Every bird will follow it's specie."
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"A fierce brief fusion which dreamers call real, and realists, an illusion; an insight like the flight of birds."
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"If you dissect a bird / to diagram the tongue, / you'll cut the chord / articulating song."
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"Because life goes on, L. The birds do their thing, and the bees do theirs. Seeds get scattered, and everything grows back."
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"Everything was curved to fit the walls: the stove, the sink and the cupboards, and all of it had been painted with flowers, insects and birds in bright primary colours."
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"The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier."
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"The little things are important, Mr. Wind-Up Bird."
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"Well, I aren't like a bird-clapper, forced to make a rattle when the wind blows on me. I can keep my own counsel when there's no good i' speaking."
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"A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly"
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