Painted Bird

Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or bird:

    “The sleeping and the dead
    Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood
    That fears a painted devil.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)