"The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night."

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Source : Claude McKay (2012). “Selected Poems”, p.49, Courier Corporation

Claude McKay

#Night Quotes #Bird Quotes

“It's like hip hop all over again, back in the '70s back in the Bronx, when it was just bubbling. But it's going to be huge.”
“There is nothing better than to make it to the College World Series. All of the extra reps in the weight room, all of the early morning practices, and all the hard work spent the entire year makes it worth it.”
“Whoever uses psychedelics should treat them with greatest respect. When Aldous and I used them, we prepared the ambience and ourselves the day before. The day of the session was kept as a holy day, and there were beautiful fruits and flowers around. The result was, that we had no negative experiences.”
“And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.”
“I write titles of songs a lot. sometimes I'll end up writing a song that I don't have a title for and I'll say, 'Oh, this goes with that title.”
“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”

Source : Lisa Lutz (2011). “The Spellmans Strike Again: Document #4”, p.363, Simon and Schuster
“When his grandchildren had been little, they had asked if they could hide inside the clock. Now he wanted to gather them and open himself up and hide them among his ribs and faintly ticking heart.”

Source : Paul Harding (2011). “Tinkers”, p.34, Random House
“A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue.”

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