Quotes About Peacock

Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought the urge to throttle him. His nose was running, his eyes were red, he couldn't stop coughing, and still he found the energy to act like an arrogant peacock. "I assure you," she said slowly, "that I know how to drive a team of horses.

Everton (Francis) Alex turned his head to view a rainbow peacock mask bobbing toward him. Good Lord, Francis, you are replendent, he said admiringly. The peacock stopped beside him. Dash it, Everton, how'd you know it was me? You're still wearing your faux ruby ring.

Iuletta's delicate pallor whitened. Her eyes became the shade of the purple core of a peacock's feather. She was extraordinary, and for an instant, Cornelia fell back from her aghast at this unconscionsciable loveliness.

Misery and pride. 'On horseback, death and a peacock'.

He saw that the peacock wings of the angel had unfurled, revealing his perfect body. It was covered in scars.

I think Sinaclara identifies Valraven with her beloved peacock angel, and more than a touch of romance colors her convictions.

They are simple folk. Like beasts in a field, they are fascinated when a peacock lives amongst them.

Mr Flosky suddenly stopped: he found himself unintentionally trespassing within the limits of common sense.

News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the peacock or the eagle of the swifting day.

The peacock has become one of my regular sources of inspiration from nature.

She was even grateful at first for this backdoor entry into the New York art scene, although rather quickly she came to think of it as entering a peacock through its rectum.

How come it can't fly no better than a chicken?' Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with all that [stuff]. Wanna fly, you got to give up the [stuff] that weighs you down.' The peacock jumped onto the hood of the Buick and once more spread its tail, sending the flashy Buick into oblivion.

Great Juno's peacock!' cried Flavia again. 'A peacock.

The sea lifted smooth blue muscles of wave as it stirred in the dawn-light, and the foam of our wake spread gently behind us like a white peacock's tail, glinting with bubbles.

Men's clothes are becoming kind of mod. They're becoming more colorful and more flamboyant, and the male peacock is beginning to show his true plumage.

He was a flower that bloomed with attention—be it positive or negative—and wilted when ignored. Peacock theory wasn't just to attract girls.

His son shall call himself the King of Kings, heir to the Empire of Cyrus. He shall raise this child from the ashes and give her pride.' 'But beware! For the King of Kings shall fall, and his throne shall crumble, and the men of God shall paint the skies of the nation with blood.' She held the child up, against the light, and gave her a name: 'Peacock.

Rhinoceros — battle unicorn Raccoon — trash panda Porcupine — stab rabbit Peacock — disco chicken Skunk — fart squirrel Zebra — tiger pony Giraffe — spotted stretch camel Bat — leather bird Reindeer — Christmas llama

if I was a painter, and was to paint the American Eagle, how should I do it?...I should want to draw it like a Bat, for its short-sightedness; like a Bantam. for its bragging; like a Magpie, for its honesty; like a Peacock, for its vanity; like an Ostrich, for putting its head in the mud, and thinking nobody sees it -' ...'And like a Phoenix, for its power of springing from the ashes of its faults and vices, and soaring up anew into the sky!

But unlike this book, the dictionary also discusses words that are far more pleasant to contemplate. The word "bubble" is in the dictionary, for instance, as is the word "peacock," the word "vacation," and the words "the" "author's" "execution" "has" "been" "canceled," which make up a sentence that is always pleasant to hear. So

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

And now, let us go out on the terrace where 'droops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,' while the evening star 'washes the dusk with silver.' At twilight nature becomes a wonderfully suggestive effect, and is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

The wind had blown the fog away, and the sky was like a monstrous peacock's tail, starred with myriads of golden eyes.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.