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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

It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.

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

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