“The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.”

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”

“How can a bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?”

“What is this thing called the existence? Is it all the things that we perceive it to be? Or is it something else? It's a gift. One of my favorite examples is the bird in the cage. You may think that you own the bird inside the cage, but you're wrong. You only own the cage. People think that they need to have a very fancy cage, that the more incredible the cage, the more incredible the bird will look. But the cage and the bird are really two different things. When the bird is gone, all that will be left is the cage.”

“There are people who love birds so much they free them. There are others who love them so much they cage them.”

“How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?”

“A cage went in search of a bird.”

“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

“Love your rage, not your cage.”