“It is modest of the nightingale not to require anyone to listen to it; but it is also proud of the nightingale not to care whether any one listens to it or not.”

“Jack Nightingale: "So I'm a hero?"Supt. Chalmers: "No, Nightingale, you're an arsehole. But I can't arrest you for that.”

“A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away-away-to an indefinite distance-it died. The nightingale's song was then the only voice of the hour: in listening to it, I again wept.”

“You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house."Just a small one," said Nightingale."So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?""A wizard.""Like Harry Potter?"Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter.""In what way?""I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.”

“His voice was cloves and nightingales.”

“Liam “Lee” Nightingale was rumored to be able to get a girl pregnant by just looking at her and was also voted Best Smile”