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This country awakens so many memories, though each seems like some restless sparrow I know will flee any moment into the breeze. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn. — Anouk Aimee

Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew. — Johnny Depp

Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long. — Marty Rubin

I saw a robin redbreast in Central Park today, but it turned out to be a sparrow with an exit wound. — David Letterman

He was like a star in the night sky above and she but a sparrow. No matter how high she might try to fly, she'd never reach him. — Elizabeth Hoyt

You're going to break my heart, Sparrow Fisher. And I think, Not before you break mine. — Willow Aster

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. — Nancy B. Brewer

I wonder at the weight of a Sparrow. — Mary E. Pearson

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all. — Hayao Miyazaki

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail. — Rabindranath Tagore

Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow.

~Song of the Sparrow — Lisa Ann Sandell

You could look at birds all your life without ever knowing what was a sparrow and what was a blackbird, but we all know a swan when we see it. — Joe Hill

And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings. — Lisa Ann Sandell

Are not two sparrows sold for only a penny? But not one of them falls to the ground without your Father knowing it. — Holy Bible Matthew 10 29

The sparrow hops along the veranda, with wet feet. — Jack Kerouac

Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it. — John Steinbeck

Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. — Elizabeth Gilbert

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. — Eric Berne

Noa Sparrow has never been much liked by people and she doesn't much care. That isn't strictly true, of course. — Menna Van Praag

Death devours all lovely things;
Lesbia with her sparrow
Shares the darkness
presently
Every bed is narrow. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

There is a special providence in
the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. — William Shakespeare

Go pillage the pretty pink birds, Sparrow. Before they come back to life and peck our eyes out. — Anonymous

I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows. — Evita Peron

A world where a sparrow's fate and that of a man can be decided in the blink of a cat's eye, such is the true measure of time. — Abraham Verghese

I like to read them and write them, I say shyly. Hello, my name is Sparrow and I am a nerd. — Willow Aster

I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan, like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand. — Bob Dylan

The young man murmured in his sleep and said, "Dear Sparrow," and Sparrow felt, for the first time, how the purest joy could be a heaviness. — Madeleine Thien

Seemed to myself to be dull, boring, inadequate, thick brained, unlit, unresponsive, chill skinned, bloodless, and sparrow drab. — Kay Redfield Jamison

The sparrow flies south for the winter. — Derek Landy

Need to get to Ruislip by sparrow-fart though', said the squadron leader. 'Think you can do that? Can I come along for the ride? — Robert Rankin

Will Turner: That's not true. I am not obsessed with treasure.

Jack Sparrow: Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate. — Jack Sparrow

I suppose I am a sparrow, a stay-at-home bird. — Gladys Taber

Clara wore a dress of brown and cream velvet, and her feathered mask, in comparison, made her look like a sparrow — Malinda Lo

Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly. — Frederick Lenz

The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst! — Georgette Heyer

I don't like the idea that I am going to come back as an ant or a sparrow if I don't get along in the great karma of life. — Stephen King

The sparrow still falls. — Mary Doria Russell

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels? — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The pride taken by the Italians in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance. — Walter Shaw Sparrow

Jack Sparrow: Take what ye can!

Mr. Gibbs: Give nothin' back! — Jack Sparrow

Be a sparrow, I told myself. Be silent and fly away. No one will bother you if you disappear. — Laura Whitcomb

And today, like each time they have landed on my hand for the past two hundred years, I wonder at the weight of a sparrow. — Mary E. Pearson

What a man can do and what a man can't do — Jack Sparrow

THE DOG AND THE SPARROW — Jacob Grimm

If you aspire to be a sparrow you will never be an eagle! — Stephen Richards

Will Turner: This is either madness... or brilliance.

Jack Sparrow: It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide. — Jack Sparrow

If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody. — Madeleine L'Engle

He punctuated this last thought with such a deep sigh that a house sparrow singing near by stopped and rushed home to be with his family. — Norton Juster

To become a sparrow you don't have to be a crow. — Munia Khan

A sparrow-size moth with a blue body and black wings, splayed on a flower between a slant of sun and shade. — A.G. Howard

Don't take anything personally - not even your personal challenges. Living in this way is one of the hallmarks of a true and abiding badass. — Cassius Sparrow

The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average. — Will Cuppy

Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor. — Heather O'Neill

Winter gold: the sparrow's footprints in the snow. — Marty Rubin

On a soft snow, even a sparrow leaves a trace; the important thing is to leave a trace on a steel plate! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The Mularkeys all saw love as a durable, reliable thing, easy to recognize ... Love could be more fragile than a sparrow's bone. — Kristin Hannah

Poetry is the whispering of a truth by the shouting of the best possible lies — Oscar Sparrow

I don't hate you, you're just the most annoying person in my life. — Rebecca Sparrow

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is dangerous?"
"A sparrow with a machine gun."
"Or course — Batman Memes

If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all. — Catullus

But now, like a fallen sparrow On a golden chain, I'm forever bound in shadow, A prisoner to my pain. — Walter Dean Myers

Her name was Dominika Egorova. She was a ballerina, an officer in the SVR, a Sparrow trained to bend others' minds. She loved and was loved in return. — Jason Matthews

Insanity is something like drowning,' said Sparrow. 'You go under; you flounder without direction; — Frank Herbert

One hundred sparrow does not make one eagle. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees. — Charles Spurgeon

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man. — Don Williams

Love, you are the dark cut into memory.
Small, distant, as the sparrow's eye. — Brenda Sieczkowski

Complications arose, ensued, were overcome — Jack Sparrow

The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever! — Henry David Thoreau

Nicu: It's not fair! Everybody has fangs but me, and I can't even turn into a bat properly. Sometimes when I try I end up as a sparrow! — Elias Zapple

Um, Sparrow ... did I really hear you say dagnabbit? — Willow Aster

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. — William Shakespeare

In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng ... — Robert Frost

Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him — Kenneth Wapnick

Cast fear forever from your heart. God's love protects the sparrow: surely He is near His children who rely on His faithfulness! — Frances J Roberts

My mind, which I used to consider a great ally, has turned into a sparrow on a leash. — Dessa

My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady's delight — Catullus

Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad?
Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people. — Steven Moffat

Not a sparrow falls to the ground without His seeing it." "But it falls, just the same. What good is seeing it fall? — Mark Twain

A hanged sparrow! Who would ever think of hanging a sparrow? It's like flavoring borscht with two mushrooms instead of just one - it's too much! — Witold Gombrowicz

Jack Sparrow: [empties bottle of rum] Why is the rum always gone? [stands up and staggers drunkenly] Oh... that's why. — Jack Sparrow

Of AIM Sparrow and AIM Sidewinder missiles, nestled under the wings, hummed as they powered on, — James Patterson

Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow. — Sidney Crosby

My sparrow, she flickers and wakes and sings and sings. — Lisa Ann Sandell

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts. — Joyce Cary

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow. — Ethel Waters

He looks sleepy and obscene; I want to slap him and wrap my arms and legs around him and breathe his air ... - Sparrow — Willow Aster

I have not seen any Christian sparrow or Muslim lion or Jewish elephant! Animals are lucky as they have not yet invented the religion! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A world in which no sparrow falls unknown, but-so much for the neatness of our diagrams-it is the Father's will that sparrows fall. — Robert Farrar Capon

Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow. — Idries Shah

If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it. — Jack Sparrow

Eat it, Quiet Rain." He pawed the sparrow closer to the she-cat. "This is the first kindness we've met since our journey began," Quiet Rain murmured. — Erin Hunter

Shoo the sparrow away and get on with supper. This is the first part of my new life strategy. — Miriam Toews

You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that. — Joan Didion

He is flitting and hopping about in the lobby like a sparrow whose nest had just been blown down in a windstorm. — Neal Stephenson

Gods might note the fall of a sparrow but they don't make any effort to catch them. — Terry Pratchett