When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one’s heart.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 27. Rochester continues to be intrigued by Jane, as she listens attentively to his story of the arranged marriage to mad Bertha. Using a simile, he compares her to an eager bird.