Northern Blue Jay

Famous quotes containing the words northern, blue and/or jay:

    “Sophocles long ago
    Heard it on the Aegaean, and it brought
    Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
    Of human misery; we
    Find also in the sound a thought,
    Hearing it by this distant northern sea.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
    Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “He hangs in the hall by his black cravat,
    The ladies faint, and the children holler:
    Only my Daddy could look like that,
    And I love my Daddy like he loves his Dollar.”
    —William Jay Smith (b. 1918)