Mario Satz

When there is no master to guide the way, birds know only a tiny parcel of heaven and earth. But if they have a guide, even by night they can read the maps of the stars, and far in the distance they can catch sight of the eaves under which their fledglings will sleep.

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Originally published as a chapter in The Living Palm Tree, London, Matheson Trust, 2013.