Quote by Emma Knight

“Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down by skin.”

— Arundhati Roy

“I watched as she stretched over the board to flick off a fallen leaf. Underneath her thin cotton shell, I saw how fragile the…

— Connie May Fowler

“when I left her to-day, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she…

— Kate Chopin

“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor that dug…

— Meredith Duran

“When she was living one of her fantasies she felt like a bird, the freedom of its wings letting her soar without earthly boundaries,…

— Wendy Anne Gibbins-Lekkou

“If she had looked more deeply into herself, she would have realized that what had thrilled her about the bird was his freedom, the…

— Paulo Coelho

“Does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”

— Leigh Bardugo

“She was like a flightless bird, her wings clipped by every cruel word and heartless action bestowed upon her. I realized I would do…

— Kellie McAllen

“In the morning she found pieces of a bird chopped and scattered by the fan blood sprayed onto the mosquito net, its body leaving…

— Michael Ondaatje

“The flock of birds always living in her chest these days had been startled. They flund themselves against the confines of her ribs, beating…

— Kiersten White

“I understand why she did it this way, face-first--it was because it made her feel like she was flying, like she was a bird.”

— Veronica Roth