"The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it."

-- Colleen McCullough

#Law Quotes #Bird Quotes #Singing Quotes

“Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.”
“English is my second language. Laughter is my first.”

Source : "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.
“Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!”
“And I, as I lived, in an alien landWill die a slave and an orphan.”
“I always think it's important to choose your initial theme very carefully because you're going to be married to it for a long time. You might have to generate an hour's worth of music from a very short, little piece of theme.”
“For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.”
“Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chestâ€¦ Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.”
“If, my dear, you seek to slumber; Count of stars an endless number; If you will continue wakeful; Count the drops that make a lakeful; Then if vigilance yet above you Hover, Count the times I love you; And if slumber sill repel you Count the times I do not tell you.”

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