Caged Bird

Famous quotes containing the words caged bird, caged and/or bird:

    “The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.”
    —Germaine Greer (b. 1939)

    “At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can’t get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.”
    —Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)

    “A Bird came down the Walk—
    He did not know I saw—
    He bit an Angleworm in halves”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)