Quote by Maggie Stiefvater

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“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

“I don't want that boy to fall over for just a bird that forgot that her wings are broken.”

— Ade Santi

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

— D.S. Wrights

“She always used to tell him she was a little bird and he was her refugee. What he never realized is that little birds…

— Melissa Alberto

“olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she's fragile like this, she's a…

— R.J. Palacio

“A bird doesn't know it can fly until it leaves it's nest”

— Timothy Bax

“A bird is safe when it’s closed in a cage, but it isn’t living. It isn’t flying. You have beautiful wings desperate to stretch…

— Rachel Morgan

“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

“I may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“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

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

— Lorrie Moore