Quote by Christina Stead

“The beast retires to its shelter, and the bird flies to its nest; but the helpless man can only find refuge in his fellow…

— Oliver Goldsmith

“When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Some people are afraid to fly just because there is always food in their nest.”

— Laine Alcantara

“A man without a nation is like a bird without a nest.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Getting up, going to bed, preparing food, eating food--we futile creatures must struggle all the time. Nothing that we need comes to us; we…

— Frank Delaney

“A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We knew he was taking an adventure, and we gave him the room. If we hadn’t, he’d’ve found a way around it. Birds have…

— Nora Roberts

“I will not be like a bird bred in a cage, I thought, too dull to fly even when the door stands open. I…

— Madeline Miller

“In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.”

— Hayao Miyazaki

“Every little nest needs a bird. Pop goes the world.”

— Ivan Doroschuk

“But they fly. It is what fledged birds must do, and she's always known that. The nest can't always be full.”

— Susan Fletcher

“He wakes up and he is not a halfhearted man and he can’t remember why he wakes this way, except that he hears the…

— Linda Hogan