“The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby, Knowing that with the shadow of his wings He can at pleasure stint their melody: Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.” MenMeanLittlesSufferingPleasureKnowingBirdShadowWingsCarefulMelodyRomeEaglesGiddy Author:William Shakespeare
“I have a Bird in spring Which for myself doth sing - The spring decoys. And as the summer nears - And as the Rose appears, Robin is gone. Yet do I not repine Knowing that Bird of mine Though flown - Learneth beyond the sea Melody new for me And will return.” MayGoneKnowingSeaMinesReturnSummerSpringBirdRoseMelodyRobins Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“I felt naked. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. I began to feel the need of fellowship. I wanted to question, wanted to speak, wanted to relate my experience. What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness, to toil and to place himself in danger?” MenNeedsFeelsMayWantedSpiritSpeakFeltForeverKnowingClearAirDangerBirdWingsNakedRelateUrgesToilFellowshipHawks Author:H. G. Wells
“When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky....They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same....Look at them leaving in droves, despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong” LooksChildrenFallBehindsKnowingSkyLandStrangeBirdLeavingDespiteBurningRestraintFalling ApartEscaping Author:NoViolet Bulawayo
“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.” WayGivingFeelsFaithKnowingHealthConfidenceBirdWingsFlightPausing Author:Victor Hugo
“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” FeelsStillsAnimalKnowingBirdWingsBranchesFrailBendingBirds Wings Author:Victor Hugo