“ Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend. ”
- Arnold Bennett- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Let's have another bottle of 'cham,'" said Captain Clutterbuck, when their dinner was nearly over. "'Cham' is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg. ”
- Anthony Trollope- Copy
- 3.2K
“ We think he is in Afghanistan,... He may not be. Afghanistan has long, porous borders. In the event he decides to flee, we will have to follow him where he flees. ”
- Donald Rumsfeld- Copy
- 1K
“ Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. ”
- Karl Barth- Copy
- 614
“ An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. ”
- Charles Mackay- Copy
- 426
“ It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. ”
- Voltaire- Copy
- 487
“ Brief as the lightning in the collied night,That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth;And ere a man can say — Behold!The jaws of darkness devour it up. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 75
“ If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 875
“ The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it. ”
- John Ciardi- Copy
- 3K
“ Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy. ”
- Edmund Waller- Copy
- 441
“ Now, aged 50, I'm just poised to shoot forth quite free straight and undeflected my bolts whatever they are. ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
- 3.8K
“ They say dreams are the windows of the soul — take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts. ”
- Henry Bromel- Copy
- 2K
“ If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once. ”
- Sir Walter Scott- Copy
- 2.4K
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