Quotes About Wings

His name tasted of fire and wings, of curling smoke, of subtlety and strength and the rasping whisper of scales.

His name tasted of fire and wings, of curling smoke, of subtlety and strength and the rasping whisper of scales. He eyed me and said stiffly, Don't land yourself into a boiling-pot, and as difficult as you may find it, try and present a respectable appearance.

Su nombre sabía a fuego y a alas, a volutas de humo, a sutileza y a fuerza, y al rasposo susurro de las escamas.

Wishes left on your lips The mark of their wings. Regrets fly kites in your eyes.

Era entonces cuando la gran silueta oscura aparecía a la puerta de la casa, un gran ángel con rostro de mármol que me miraba y sonreía como un lobo, desplegando sus alas negras sobre Blanca y envolviéndola en su abrazo.

As the music took wings and began to soar, a movement caught Flavia's eye

You like legs? she asked. On you, yes. On a chicken, I prefer wings and breasts. She picked up both legs with her fingers. Then we are going to get along just fine.

You know what they say about angels? she asked. That they have wings and a halo? No, that they are just wild women who've had the hell screwed out of them, she said with another giggle.

Oh, hush! You've already said you aren't the settling type. You can't have wings and roots both, cowboy.

Ah, fool, he went on to himself, to clip your own wings when you were free to soar! . . . But I could not rest till I had done it. Why do I never recognise an opportunity till I have missed it, nor the good or ill of a step till it is irrevocable? . . . I fell in love!

She waited, guttering with a small meek defiance, standing at the window and trembling, moonlight from a high angle pouring over her naked back, casting on it shadows of her shoulder blades, like healed stumps of wings ritually amputated once long ago, for some transgression of the Angels' Code.

When she looked through the dark windows at the stars, they had long beams like wings...

Oh, waters - do not cover me! I would look long and long at those beautiful stars! Oh my wings - lift me - lift me I am not so dreadfully hurt...

Passageways between the Wings are always a little strange. I went through one once that you had to crawl through." "How did they move books through that?" "They didn't, usually. They routed them round some other way. But it was useful if you were in a hurry." He jerked a thumb at the window. "Have you ever seen anyone out there?

Cupido,Upon his shuldres wynges hadde he two;And blynd he was, as it is often seene;A bowe he bar and arwes brighte and kene.

Love will not be constrain'd by mastery. When mast'ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.

Then as she dwindled away to nothing he glided on towards me with increasing speed, his huge Jewish face growing like a great egg above the silken wings of his gown. I swung the sword in an arc before him but as it moved the blade came away and flew upwards into the winter darkness which had collected above us. Clinging in fear and guilt to what remained in my hand I recognized my father.

El espíritu se le fue desprendiendo en la misma medida en que le germinaron las alas

El tío Ramón tenía tan mala memoria para lo negativo, que en su vejez me llamaba Angélica–mi segundo nombre–y me decía que me durmiera de lado para no aplastar mis alas. Lo repitió hasta el final de sus días, cuando la demencia y el cansancio de vivir lo habían reducido a una sombra de quien fue.

Not everyone's going to agree to eat chicken wings, that's obviously an enormous catch to our show, that's an enormous ask. It's not easy to get anyone to do your show, but on 'Hot Ones,' you have to eat scorching-hot chicken wings. So it's always going to be a challenge to book, in my opinion, no matter how popular it is in the zeitgeist.

Wings was one of the first bands in the 1970s to do stadium tours, as well as Led Zeppelin. We had all the most up-to-date equipment from monitor systems to a laser light show and that was like the biggest, most awesome experience for me.

Living in a zoo means it wasn't always sparkly dresses, but I would still dress up. I had this pink sparkly dress and fairy wings, and I'd put those on and then go and dance in the zoo.

You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.

Él rezaba para que sus alas de ángel la mantuvieran a salvo.