"Bird of passage" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that, misled by my enthusiasm, Cuthbert was saying something which must not be said—that he was about to offer the shelter of that ancient roof to me. To me, whose heart could never nest there, but must be ever on the wing, a wild bird of passage in the track ...
— Spanish Doubloons • Camilla Kenyon
... one has you," Claude de Chauxville went on, seating himself in a deep arm-chair, newspaper in hand. "You are a bird of passage." ...
— The Sowers • Henry Seton Merriman
... to the unconventional homemaker. The young "general" is a bird of passage. Age and experience bring with them the necessity of earning more, and if her first employer cannot periodically raise the girl's wages the latter must in time seek better paid employment, probably with a ...
— The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 - The Independent Health Magazine • Various
... to the bishop, who had domestic instincts and, despite his youth, was already a little weary of tossing about the world. He envied his cousin's happy married life. Would such an existence ever fall to his own lot? Although, like himself, she was only a bird of passage on Nepenthe, she had succeeded in impressing her personality upon those rather scantily furnished rooms and filling them with an atmosphere of England. Heavy bowls of fresh roses were ranged about. ...
— South Wind • Norman Douglas
... and their sons die game, and when death sends cards of invitation for the last assemblage of a family, they write declensions. There can't be much real love where there is no tenderness. A gloomy sky, stately houses, and a cold, formal people, make Cupid, like a bird of passage, spread his wings, and take flight ...
— Nature and Human Nature • Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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