Bird Base

Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or base:

“The bird of Araby,
That potentially
May never die,”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)

“One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.”
—Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)