“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“Laistrygonians. Cannibals. Northern Giants. Sasquatch legend. Yep, yep. They are not birds. Not birds of North America.”
— Rick Riordan, book The Son of Neptune
Source: The Son of Neptune
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