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Nests Quotes

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.93, Shambhala Publications

Wherever I fly from my own dear nest, I always come back, for home is the best.

Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.22, Heart of Dixie Publishing

Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.

Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “Prodigal Summer”, p.215, Faber & Faber

My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information.

Alice Munro (2010). “Too Much Happiness”, p.174, Random House

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

"Michelle Pfeiffer Opens Up About Younger Men, Love, and Family". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. May 3, 2012.

A jealous wife is like a hornets' nest in your mattress

Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.122, Macmillan

To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.

Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.1005, Macmillan

He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in fulfillments.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1870). “Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book”, p.78

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.

"The Complete Robert Downey Jr". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 16, 2012.

The owl goes not into the nest of the lark.

Victor Hugo (1904). “Notre Dame of Paris”