“ It was a pretty complete list. The kind of list one makes when one cannot fall asleep because one's thoughts keep swirling through one's brain like a bunch of sparrows on crack. James Patterson
“ She listens to the delicate fluttering of sparrows' wings, tiny messengers. The sound reminds her of life - struggling, beating, rising, flying, and now dissolving into space. J.J. Brown
“ Presently, one after another, like shyly hopping sparrows, her friends arrived, black against the snow. Marcel Proust
