How to sing with life

Kassandra 2022-09-22 15:16:14

It's a novel I read in high school, and I saw the movie version of it today. The legend goes like this:

There is a legend that there is a bird that sings only once in its life, and that song is stronger than all living creatures in the world. The voices are more beautiful. From the moment he left the nest, he searched for the thorn tree, until he got his wish and rested. Then, it plunged its body into the longest and sharpest thorn, and let go of its singing among the wild branches. In the dying moments, it transcended its own pain, and the song eclipsed both the lark and the nightingale. This is a very beautiful song, the song is dead. Yet the whole world is listening silently, and God is smiling in the sky. Because the most beautiful things can only be exchanged for the most painful great creation...

Its singing is a singing at the cost of life, and it is the most poignant swan song in the world. It's not just a raw attitude, it's a way of moving love.

This is the legend of the thorn bird.

The era of Drogheda is coming to an end. Yes, not just the times. Let the unknown descendants start the cycle all over again. It's all my own making, and I don't hold any grudges against anyone. I cannot regret it for a moment.


With thorns on her breast, the bird obeys an immutable law, she is pierced by something unknown, driven, and sings to death. At the moment when the thorns pierced, she did not realize that death was coming. She just sang and sang until her life ran out and she couldn't sing a single more note. But we know it when we stick the thorn in our chest. We are clear. However, we still have to do it. We still have thorns in our chests.


This is a story about a loved one and a story worthy of being loved.

Generations of love and a long history of struggle.

From the Vatican, Australia, Greece to London.

I believe that a good novel is worth reading again and again. Depending on the age, the feeling of seeing it will be different. This time I no longer like the story of the woman who devoted her life to the love in her heart, but the story that deserves to be loved.

I like the girl named Justine, Maggie's daughter. People who love her let her know that she deserves to be loved. Although it has been misunderstood and hurt, it is the reconciliation of true love that is the most moving. She brought hope and light to this family.

Bishop said: No ideal can be so noble as to hurt a person's heart. This is my favorite line in this movie.

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The Thorn Birds quotes

  • Luddie Mueller: Well we're just glad you did show up, Your Grace, It's good to know there's someone in the world who cares about the poor girl.

    Ralph de Bricassart: Thank you. I want to go back into her.

    [Anne stares after Ralph, as he goes back to Meggie]

    Anne Mueller: Cares about her, Luddie? If you ask me, he's in love with her.

  • Anne Mueller: Oh, Meggie! You've the face of an angel and the body of a goddess, and what you mean is, you don't know how to make a man get you pregnant? What you need is a good education. Lady Chatterley's lover! And Henry Miller, definitely Henry Miller!