Caged

Famous quotes containing the word caged:

“I know what the caged bird feels, alas!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

“The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)

“The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)