Bird Quote by Isak Dinesen

“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet…

— Maya Angelou

“Concealed from the public eye, snug within his coffin, Mr Bird looked as he had looked in life. Despite his size and the flowing…

— William Trevor

“You see the bird and you see its flight. You can not see through its eyes. Therefore, you don't know its plight.”

— Amaka Nkosazana

“{In the shadows where the ancestors sleep, the bird's song is young, but all else is old. Stillness surrounds me and I breathe softly…

— Nancy B. Brewer

“Are you the dove or the statue? Soaring with the eagles leaving the turkeys behind. May our highest Supreme Being be with you and…

— Harry Monarch

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”

— Kate Chopin

“Now, in a shift of light, the shadows of birds are more pronounced on the gallery’s white wall. The shadow of each bird is…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee; as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom…

— Herman Melville

“likeness of a bird of prey. She’s terrible and wonderful to look at, with soft, bronze wings that grow from the bottom of her…

— Zoraida Córdova

“The demented strutting of a dumb bird in the moonlight.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“I am the guardian of the sleeping fawn; the snow is dear to me; and the moon rising; and the silver sea. With my…

— Virginia Woolf

“But what after all is one night? A short space, especially when the darkness dims so soon, and so soon a bird sings, a…

— Virginia Woolf