Bars Quote by Nikos Kazantzakis

“The canary began to sing again. The sun had struck it, and its throat and tiny breast had filled with song. Francis gazed at…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“A woman once held a Canary in the palm of her hand and stroked her and whispered a careful warning. The canary, seeking some…

— Donna Lynn Hope

“Somewhere a bird sang, its chant hanging plaintive and melancholy in the still air...I think it's a sort of lark or something. Our tradition…

— Jane Johnson

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.

— Anonymous

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, when his wing is bruised and his bosom sore; when he beats his bars and…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

“The sirens droned on, a soprano counterpoint to the bombs’ relentless bass, their pitch so eerily human it sounded like every soul in London…

— Ransom Riggs

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

— Alma Gluck

“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

“...somewhere, nearby voices filled with dusk, cabs and panhandlers and one drunken girl screeching like a wounded bird - all of it flushed with…

— Marisha Pessl

Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“It spread out its wings, fitted them carefully into place again, ducked its head for a moment, as though making a sort of obeisance…

— George Orwell