My father was a vulture. My mother was a magpie. My....

“ My father was a vulture. My mother was a magpie. My oldest brother is a crow. My sister, a sparrow. I have never really been a bird." Lila resisted the urge to say he might have been a peacock. It didn't seem the time. ”

V.E. Schwab

From : A Gathering of Shadows