Asking Quote by Georgia Cates

“She was only half Bird now, and the other half song. She liked it that way.”

— Katherine Catmull

“So, are you in the tree for any particular reason or are you indulging a long-held desire to be a bird?”

— Mandy Goff

“My beautiful little bird has become a bird of prey, and it suits her oh-so-well”

— D.S. Wrights

“The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.”

— Oscar Wilde

“a bird no one wants. he’s mine. my bird of pain. he doesn’t sing. that bird swaying on the bough.”

— Charles Bukowski

“hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We’re always trying to persuade ourselves of things.”

— Lisa Wingate

“I would not put my little bird in the jaws of a trap without being near enough to make sure it wouldn't close on…

— Lili St. Crow

“Again and again I heard birds calling, just begging to be eaten.”

— Stephanie Burgis

“though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken?”

— Lorrie Moore

“Birdie wondered why that so often seemed to be the case—once you had what you wanted, it was a shadow of what you’d dreamed…

— Lisa Unger

“How do I tell her that what I want is to know her, to know the woman who made these birds, to see what…

— Susan Rebecca White