{"quotes":[{"text":"A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["be-smart","bird","clever","cleverness","feathers","hunter","intelligence","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","life","life-and-sayings","nature","nature","shrewd","shrewdness","success","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":41644,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Before she could stop her hands, they reached for him, as though they existed for no other reason than to touch him. Her fingers brushed across his jaw with a feather's caress before pulling away, and he closed his eyes on a soft inhale. Like the poison toying with its remedy, Shahrzad's hands ignored her and took control, a mere taste of his skin not nearly enough. Never enough.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["feathers","love","passion","poison","touch"],"id":58477,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"It's not enough to have the feathers.You must dare to fly!","author":"Cass van Krah","tags":["brave","courage","courage-to-be-oneself","fear","feathers","freedom"],"id":64642,"author_id":"Cass+van+Krah"},{"text":"Well, I've ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I've led. But I think that's part of leadership.","author":"Robert M. Gates","tags":["think","feathers","well "],"id":73902,"author_id":"Robert+M.+Gates"},{"text":"A FEATHER.A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive.","author":"Gertrude Stein","tags":["cohesiveness","feathers","poetry"],"id":84556,"author_id":"Gertrude+Stein"},{"text":"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.","author":"Jean Paul","tags":["birthday","feathers "],"id":90419,"author_id":"Jean+Paul"},{"text":"That's the beauty of it. Have you seen the contraptions these magicians build to accomplish the most mundane feats? They are a bunch of fish covered in feathers trying to convince the public they can fly, I am simply a bird in their midst.","author":"Erin Morgenstern","tags":["feathers","fish","illusions","magic"],"id":100530,"author_id":"Erin+Morgenstern"},{"text":"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.","author":"Emily Dickinson","tags":["soul","words","feathers "],"id":119243,"author_id":"Emily+Dickinson"},{"text":"I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around.","author":"Giambattista Valli","tags":["flowers","feathers","going "],"id":148253,"author_id":"Giambattista+Valli"},{"text":"The Weight of One Feather'Given.Many fear deathBecause they alreadyFeel ridden with sin,But no man on this earthIs filled with only white lightWithin.Have more faithIn our Maker,For our souls and mindsWere created by Him.Just remember that,When your deedsAre measuredBy the scale – The good sideMust outweighThe bad,And your heartMust be as lightAs a featherTo win.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["actions","ancient-egypt","bad","beauty","conscience","deeds","earth","egypt","egyptian","evil","feather","feathers","forgiveness","god","good","goodness","heart","hearts","heaven","imperfect","judgement","justice","maat","mind","minds","morality","morals","nirvana","percetion","perfection","poetry","pure","purity","purity-myth","religion","repent","righteous","sin","soul","vice","vices","virtues","white"],"id":178366,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}