“A man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime.”

“Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime.”

“Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.”

“Florentine… Florentine Lacasse… half song, half squalor, half springtime, half misery, the young man murmured.”

“Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow.”

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

“And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.”

“All of the birds are laughing
Come on let's all join in.”

“This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. Its untamed voice is still heard above the tinkling of the forge… It remains to remind us of aboriginal nature.”

“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”