"The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!"

-- Frances Power Cobbe

#Bird Quotes #Moss Quotes #Males Quotes

“close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere”
“Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.”
“The act of discovering Â who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.”
“Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.”
“Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight.”

Source : Max Frisch (1977). “Sketchbook 1946-1949”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“Writers, good ones, don't tell stories. Characters show stories.”

Source : Robert Newton Peck (1983). “Fiction is folks: how to create unforgettable characters”
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.”

Source : Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.19, David R. Godine Publisher
“Whatever happens in a government could have happened differently, and it usually would have been better if it had.”

Source : Charles Frankel (1969). “High on Foggy Bottom: an outsider's inside view of the Government”

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