Thos big, intelligent eyes from the first place associates me. The quivering look seems observing my thoughts deeper and deeper. 

The modern west generally associates owls with wisdom. This link goes back at least as far as ancient greece where athens noted for art and scholarship, and athena,  Athens' patron goddess and the goddess of wisdom, had as the owl as a symbol. maria giburtas traces veneration of the owl as a goddess, among other birds, to the culture of old europe, long indo european cultures.