“I hear the little children of the wind
Crying solitary in lonely places.”
William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905) Scottish writer
Little Children of the Wind, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Song lyrics, 50 Words for Snow (2011)
“I hear the little children of the wind
Crying solitary in lonely places.”
William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905) Scottish writer
Little Children of the Wind, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Abbott Eliot Kittredge (1834–1912) American minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 147.
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Variant: But more words tumble out. 'You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.'
Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.
Source: Mockingjay
“I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing”
Jessica Bird book Lover Eternal
Source: Lover Eternal
Colin Moulding (1955) English bassist, songwriter and vocalist
"In Loving Memory Of A Name"
Mummer (1983)
Tracey Emin (1963) English artist, one of the group known as Britartists or Young British Artists
Source: Strangeland