Nests Quotes - Page 4
Some men ease themselves like setting hens into the nest of death.
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.113, Penguin
John Heywood (1867). “The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562): Reprinted from the Original (1562) Edition, and Collated with the Second (1566) Edition; with an Appendix of Variations”, p.58
Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, p.4, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection.
Henry Miller (1961). “The Cosmological Eye”, p.147, New Directions Publishing
I cherish my childish loves--the memory of that warm little nest where my affections were fledged.
George Eliot (1839). “Theophrastus Such, Jubal and other poems and The Spanish gypsy”, p.28
Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.347, Pan Macmillan