Frases de Colleen McCullough

Colleen Margaretta McCullough[1]​[2]​ [3]​ fue una escritora australiana de novelas románticas e históricas. Obtuvo gran fama por su novela The Thorn Birds de 1977, llevada a la televisión con el título de El pájaro canta hasta morir o El pájaro espino.[4]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 1. junio 1937 – 29. enero 2015
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Colleen McCullough: Frases en inglés

“There is a legend about a bird that sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.”

Colleen McCullough libro The Thorn Birds

Epigraph, The Thorn Birds (1977)
Contexto: There is a legend about a bird that sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. Dying, it rises above its own agony to out-carol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of the great pain. … Or so says the legend.

“One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of the great pain. … Or so says the legend.”

Colleen McCullough libro The Thorn Birds

Epigraph, The Thorn Birds (1977)
Contexto: There is a legend about a bird that sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. Dying, it rises above its own agony to out-carol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of the great pain. … Or so says the legend.

“The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.”

As quoted in Write to the Heart : Wit & Wisdom Of Women Writers (1992) by Amber Coverdale Sumrall

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