今天看到《荆棘鸟》中的这么一段话，突然想起了之前看过的一部电影《必死剑鸟刺》，感觉必死剑中主人公最后的一击似乎和荆棘鸟的这段话是相符的：
Legend says that long ago, there was a bird that sang just once in its life. From the moment it left its nest, it searched for a thorn tree. And it never rested until it found one. Then it began to sing more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. And singing, it impaled its heart on the longest, sharpest thorn. But as it was dying, it rose above its own agony to out-sing the lark and the nightingale. The bird pays its life for that one great song, existence is the price but the whole world stills to listen and God, in His heaven, smiles. (Colleen McCullough, Australian author, b.1937) 传说中有一只鸟儿，它一生只唱一次，那歌声比一切生灵的歌声都优美动听。从离巢的那一刻起，它就在寻找着荆棘树，直到如愿以偿，然后，它把自己的身体扎进最长、最尖的棘刺上，便在那荒蛮的枝条间放开歌喉。在奄奄一息的时刻，它超脱了自身的痛苦，而歌声响遏行云，使云雀和夜莺都黯然失色。这是一曲无比美好的歌，曲终而命竭。然而，整个世界都在静静地谛听着，上帝也在苍穹中微笑。(考琳·麦考洛，澳大利亚作家，生于1937年)
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