“Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
“Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison
“Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other.”
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
Equality (1943)
Context: Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends look in the same direction. Lovers look at each other — that is, in opposite directions. To transfer bodily all that belongs to one relationship into the other is blundering.
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
2010s, 2016 Democratic National Convention (2016)
“Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team
“We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends.”
Jack Kerouac book On the Road
Source: On the Road
“Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.”
Nikki Sixx (1958) American musician
Source: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx