"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."
— Kurt Vonnegut

"Jumping out a window five hundred feet aboveground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck."
— Rick Riordan (The Battle of the Labyrinth)

"They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap!"
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

"My heart has wings."
— Walt Disney's Cinderella

"If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing. "
— Coco Chanel

"In the depth a light will grow,
A silver shine no shadows know,
Like wings unfolding in the sky,
That circle 'round a gleaming eye,
Turning darkness all away,
Even depths will know their day,
For every shadow has its end,
In light!
Life will return again!"
— Robert Fanney

"So there's magic? Real magic? It's not just all scientific like David says?"
Tamani rolled his eyes. "David again?"
Laurel bristled. "He's my friend. My best friend."
"Not your boyfriend?"
"No. I mean...no."
Tamani stared at her for several seconds. "So the position's still open?"
Laurel rolled her eyes. "We are so not having this conversation.""
— Aprilynne Pike (Wings)

"And do you really think someone's going to look at you and say, 'Hmm, I think that girl's a plant'?"
— Aprilynne Pike (Wings)

"It's your call," he said softly, "but whatever you decide, I'll help you." He placed a soft, warm hand at the back of her neck and Laurel's breath caught in her chest. "Whatever you need, I'll be. If you need the science geek to give you answers from a textbook, I'm your guy; if you just want a friend to sit by you in bio and help you feel better when you're sad, I'm still your guy." His thumb slowly stroked across her earlobe and down her cheek. "And if you need someone to hold you and protect you from anyone in the world who might want to hurt you, then I am definitely your guy." His pale-blue eyes bore into hers, and for a second she couldn't breath. "But it's all up to you," he whispered."
— Aprilynne Pike (Wings)

"Tamani paused and mulled this over for a few seconds. "If I say no, are you going to follow me anyway?"
"Of course."
— Aprilynne Pike (Wings)

"You are all awesome like woah."
— Aprilynne Pike

"Maybe. There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends, or at least part of them. Those are the people who will look beyond the obvious and see the things in this world that are truly wonderful. But they won't say anything, even if they do. Because the rest of us who view the world as logical and scientific would'nt see the truth if it was posted up in a billbourd. I'm lucky you hit me over the head with it - I'd have never seen you for what you really are."
"I'm just me, David".
"That's the best part."
— Aprilynne Pike Wings

"And maybe... you are a little fat bear cub with no wings, and no feathers."
— Else Holmelund Minarik

"Tamani?" she asked, even though she knew this was the wrong time. "How is a plant supposed to beat a superstrong troll?"
— Aprilynne Pike (Wings)

"Was the Buffalo chicken wing invented
when Teressa Bellissimo thought of splitting it in half and deep frying it and serving it with celery and blue-cheese dressing? Was it invented when John Young started using mambo sauce
and thought of elevating wings into a specialty?"
— Calvin Trillin (Third Helpings)

"I have wings in my dreams, but when I wake up they disappear. The dreams are always clear and vibrant, but awake is always cloudy and unfocused. I think the dreamworld is really awake and we have confused them."
— Jessi (a character in my fiction)

""I have wings in my dreams, but when I wake up they disappear. The dreams are always clear and vibrant, but awake is always cloudy and unfocused. I think the dreamworld is really awake and we have confused them.""
— Jessi (a character in my fiction)