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{{quote|'''Ralph:''' "There's a story... a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life. From the moment it leaves its nest, it searches for a thorn tree... and never rests until it's found one. And then it sings... more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. And singing, it impales itself on the longest, sharpest thorn. But, as it dies, it rises above its own agony, to outsing the lark and the nightingale. The thorn bird pays its life for just one song, but the whole world stills to listen, and God in his heaven smiles."
'''Meggie:''' "What does it mean, Father?"
'''Ralph:''' "That the best... is bought only at the cost of great pain." }}
Not just a successful book in its own right (published in 1977) but also adapted in 1983 into [[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|the second highest-rated American mini-series ever]], Colleen McCullough's ''
▲Has been described as the Australian ''Gone with the Wind'', and with good reason. Not to be confused with the Korean drama [[Name's the Same|of the same name]].
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The mini-series makes several minor adjustments concerning ages and the general time line of the book, as well as other alterations; probably the biggest changes are Jim and Patsy being left out altogether and Frank dying in prison. The series was a great success, so obviously they got it right...apart from the 19-year gap. See below.
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Justine, at least in the book.
* [[Forbidden Fruit]]: Ralph and Meggie, to each other.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]!: [[The Count of Monte Cristo|Edmond Dantes]] is a priest, [[
* [[Genius Cripple]]: Anne Mueller has a disability, and she is remarkably well-read.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Ralph and Meggie, Rain and Justine
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