"I know what the caged bird feels, alas!"

--

Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar (2012). “Selected Poems”, p.28, Courier Corporation

Paul Laurence Dunbar

#Bird Quotes #Caged Birds Quotes #Feels Quotes

“When I assumed command of the Pacific Fleet in 31 December, 1941; our submarines were already operating against the enemy, the only units of the Fleet that could come to grips with the Japanese for months to come. It was to the Submarine Force that I looked to carry the load until our great industrial activity could produce the weapons we so sorely needed to carry the war to the enemy. It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of peril.”

Source : Foreword to Theodore Roscoe "United States Submarine Operations in World War II" (p. 5), June 1, 1949.
“The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.”
“But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.”
“My parents explained: "You can either have a big Christmas and birthday present or we'll go abroad." We'd say: "Let's go abroad!" We had a lovely childhood.”
“I'm born and raised in Dusseldorf, and my parents emigrated to Germany sometime in the '70s, so I grew up completely different from any other German. I found my love in hip-hop music. Hip-hop was delivering everything that I needed: the message, the lifestyle - everything. I fell in love with it and I'm still hip-hop.”
“I've got to put forward a very strong conservative voice, advocate for conservative values and advocate for principle in politics to restore faith in politics.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“When you really do find a new idea or you're in and it's all working, that's the gift. It's like a musician when they hit a riff, that's when you're like all right, it's mellow. You back off and just ride it.”
“The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could â€˜most talentâ€™ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.”

You may also like: