Boxes Quote by Charles de Lint

She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them.

— Geraldine Brooks

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that…

— Anonymous

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing…

— Victor Hugo

Everything, even herself, was now unbearable to her. She wished that, taking wing like a bird, she could fly somewhere, far away to regions…

— Gustave Flaubert

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

— Jodi Picoult

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing…

— Victor Hugo

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing…

— Victor Hugo

She used to whispers words that my heart and soul could hear. Now, her silence is deafening.

— Anonymous

“Pushing through some viney branches, she comes into a clearing andfinds a sight that makes her hush--and not just her voice but every part…

— Alden Bell

In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her.…

— Lisa See

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I loved her, not for the way she danced with my angels. But for the way, the sound of her voice could silence my…

— Christopher Poindexter