There was a horrible, erratic thumping in my chest, as if a large bird was trapped inside my ribcage and beating itself to death. Donna Tartt
OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe .... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly. Ambrose Bierce