"Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs to slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings." ~ Victor Hugo
"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
"He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well." ~ John Milton
"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." ~ Rabindranath Tagore
"Young people on a lark might keep in mind that all birds, except cuckoos, build their nests before hatching their eggs." ~ Anon.
"God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest." ~ J. G. Holland
"The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even the dandelion would be the most startling event in the world." ~ Anon.
"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." ~ Khalil Gibran
"Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms." ~ Mark Twain
"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair." ~ Chinese Proverb
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird; it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." ~ C. S. Lewis
"If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart." ~ John Burroughs
"Use the talents you possess: the woods would be a very silent place, if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~ Henry Van Dyke
"Hope is the thing with feather
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without words
and never stops -- at all." ~ Emily Dickinson
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." ~ Rachel Carson
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Nice pics Michelle!
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