"Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in."

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Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1999). “The Cat Who Sang for the Birds”, p.37, Penguin

Lilian Jackson Braun

#Squirrels Quotes #Bird Quotes #Trying Quotes

“If we wish for mercy ourselves, we must show mercy to all dumb animals.”
“The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible.”
“In really every area of the mayor's life, whether you're trying to fill in holes in the road, trying to keep your community safe, trying to have the robust neighborhood life, or trying to encourage the arts - really at every turn our job has gotten a lot harder under president Trump.”
“I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you.”
“I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.”
“It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two worlds we lived in werenâ€™t so different. We saw the same sunset.”

Source : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
“I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the people who are assumed not to have a worldview.”
“You don't always know how to do things when they're happening.”

Source : Lillian Hellman (1974). “Another Part of the Forest: Play in Three Acts”, p.61, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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