Hummingbird Quotes

“may my faith always be
at the end of the day

like a hummingbird...returning
to its favorite flower.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a hummingbird, an intangible, ephemeral blur.”
― Mira Bartok, The Memory Palace

“If I were a flower,
humming bird would be my favourite bee
And If I were blind,
the light of darkness I'd love to see”
― Munia Khan

“Wings are of many kinds. Butterfly's wings, vulture's wings, eagle-wings, spread wings of white swans, dragonfly's serene wings, wings of albatross, lovely wings of humming birds, tiny wings of a fly or a bumble-bee-wings; and when they fly, they fly their best according to their ability of flying. We should not underestimate the size of those heavenly wings.”
― Munia Khan

“I never answered your question, if I’d ever thought about being human. Once. I was on a track in the andes, and a hummingbird flew up to me and just hovered there staring at me. Its tiny heart was pattering like a machine gun… And I thought, ‘what a thing, you know, to have to work that hard every day just to stay alive, to be constantly on the verge of death, and how satisfying every day must be that it survived…’ And that was the only time I thought about being human.”
― klaus mikaelson

“By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?”
― Calvin Trillin, Enough's Enough

“You are Mr. Owl. I am Ms. Hummingbird. We may be came from different species but as long as you're a bird, I'm a bird too.”
― Glad Munaiseche

“The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters

“You tormented
a hummingbird of love
between your teeth.”
― Federico García Lorca

“Above all birds, the hummingbird gives me that feeling of the mystery and the wonder of life. Such a vibrant little body, such color, and wings that beat faster than thought. I felt as if I could watch the whole of life if I could hold a hummingbird in my hand once.”
― Gladys Taber, The Book of Stillmeadow

“She spoke quickly, her tongue feeling like a hummingbird's wing; she was so afraid of boring him if she took too long.”
― Shannon Hale, Princess Academy

“Are you a lark, an owl or a hummingbird?

Lark, also called early chronotype, is someone who does usually wake up very early. They are most active during morning around 6:00 am. Approximately 10% of people are larks.

Owl, also called late chronotype, is someome who does usually wake up very late. They are most active in the evening around 6:00 pm. They usually drink a lot of coffee and accumulate a massive sleep debt as they go through life. Approximately 10% of people are owls.

The rest, around 80% of people, are hummingbirds. Some hummingbirds are more larkish, some more owlish and some are in between.”
― John Medina, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

“She said that it had always been thus with Clifford when the humming-birds came, -always, from his babyhood,-and that his delight in them had been one of the earliest tokens by which he showed his love for beautiful things.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

“I've known a lot of
hummingbirds. I used to
be one too. But then
I grew.

An ostrich now,
I listen. I wait.
Grounded (but quick
when I need to be).

I've still got
that sprint in me.”
― Jenny Noble Anderson

“The hummingbird realized that this was a psychological tightrope that he had to navigate carefully, so he did it sideways because this was the only way he could move when perched”
― J.S. Mason, The Satyrist...And Other Scintillating Treats

“Lark, also called early chronotype, is someone who does usually wake up very early. They are most active during morning around 6:00 am. Approximately 10% of people are larks.

Owl, also called late chronotype, is someome who does usually wake up very late. They are most active in the evening around 6:00 pm. They usually drink a lot of coffee and accumulate a massive sleep debt as they go through life. Approximately 10% of people are owls.

The rest, around 80% of people, are hummingbirds. Some hummingbirds are more larkish, some more owlish and some are in between.”
― John Medina, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

“I had never thought of school as fun before, but then, I'd never before had a hummingbird, a witch, or a maybe-immortal for teachers.”
― Laurence Yep, A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter

“The hummingbird represents beauty and joy. She is a creature of flight, bringing her closer to the cosmos with each wingbeat. She is constantly moving and is rarely seen at rest, preferring instead to perform her aerial acrobatics. Her heart is as fast as her wings and her colors are bright and shifting; they are colors that capture the sunlight in their iridescence. She brings love wherever she passes by.”
― Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity