“...a butterfly is like the soul of a person, it dries out in captivity.” — Marlene Van Niekerk Copy Share Image
The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity. — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
So every bondman in his own hand bears The power to cancel his captivity. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Any living thing that is kept behind bars for long enough eventually becomes more scared of the unknown than its own captivity.” — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
No good ever comes from putting up walls. What people mistake for safety is in fact captivity. And few things thrive in… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“See this abdicated beast, once king Of them all, nibble his claws: Not anger enough left—no, nor despair— To break his teeth… — Cecil Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
“To live with unforgiveness is to become a captive cultured citizen whose taxation is that of demonically ticketed torment.” — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live.… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them;… — Bible Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“The merrel also knew its wing had not healed. But I could reach a great height once more before it failed me,… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
For men to be tied and led by authority, as it were with a kind of captivity of judgment, and though there… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Tomorrow we go back to normal?" "Sure," Mab said. "It'll be like none of this happened. Except I'll still be pregnant, and… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
For a bag of pepper, they could cut each other's throats without hesitation, and would forswear their souls... The bizarre obstinacy of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Is there a more pitiable spectacle than that of a wife contending with others for that charm in her husband's sight which… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“Every few weeks I get a letter from Léopoldville, which holds me on track. My heart races when I see the long… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Many animals experience pain, anxiety and suffering, physically and psychologically, when they are held in captivity or subjected to starvation, social isolation,… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
“An unbroken horse erects his mane, paws the ground and starts back impetuously at the sight of the bridle; while one which… — Rousseau Jean-Jacques Copy Share Image
“In captivity, in the shed, Pierre had learned, not with his mind, but with his whole being, his life, that man is… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I am thankful for the kind treatment during my captivity and I ask God to accept me with mercy. — Hans Frank Copy Share Image
“Stability and order have always been paid for with captivity and blood. (76)” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“When life is a cell, there is nothing more liberating than captivity” — Joe Ambercrombie Copy Share Image
In peace, continue your art; in war, continue your art; in freedom, continue your art; in captivity, continue your art! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Everybody's a bird, locked up in a pretty cage. Sometimes you fly to a slightly bigger one, but you never quite have… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
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