Moorhen Quotes & Sayings

The one thing people seem to forget is the more oil we have, the lower the price and the lower the profits the oil companies make. — David Pratt

It's a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor's orders, you have to be healthy as a horse. — Wislawa Szymborska

Slowly the golden memory of the dead sun fades from the hearts of the cold, sad clouds. Silent, like sorrowing children, the birds have ceased their song, and only the moorhen's plaintive cry and the harsh croak of the corncrake stirs the awed hush around the couch of waters, where the dying day breathes out her last.
From the dim woods on either bank, Night's ghostly army, the grey shadows, creep out with noiseless tread to chase away the lingering rear- guard of the light, and pass, with noiseless, unseen feet, above the waving river-grass, and through the sighing rushes; and Night, upon her sombre throne, folds her black wings above the darkening world, and, from her phantom palace, lit by the pale stars, reigns in stillness. — Jerome K. Jerome

He tried to look at her face in the hope that she was not pretty. Beautiful women depressed him. They were like Mercedes, BlackBerry phones and sea-view homes. — Manu Joseph

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. — Douglas Coupland

We are also rather concerned about our moorhen who went mad while we were in Italy and began to build a nest in a tree ... she walks about in the tree, looking as uneasy yet persevering as a district visitor in a brothel. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

See where she comes apparelled like the spring. — William Shakespeare

I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold — Dodie Smith

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books. — Meg Rosoff

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve. — Tom Vanderbilt

I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means. — Oliver Sacks