Wings Quotes

The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings.

When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

No” Daniel cried “ No, no, no” Luce’s heart ached as he tore at his hair, spun in circle and let his wings bloom out to their full size.

Oh that moment when Daniel thought he’d lost her to Cam’s starshot! His wings hat felt too heavy to lift. Colder than death. In that instant , he’d given up all hope.

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

No bird can fly without opening its wings, and no one can love without exposing their hearts.

If we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings are for.

My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me the space to grow wings, so that when I went out into the world, I could fly.

He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.

Broken wings fit more easily in standard-size boxes.

The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.

Life on earth means: the sprouting of wings.

Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination.

There are some ideas so stupid that only intellectuals can believe in them, particularly left-wing intellectuals.

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly.

Do not refuse a wing to the persons who gave you the whole chicken.

Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius, the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear it farther than suns and stars.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers.

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.

For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?

Life is chaotic and unpredictable. If a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, it could cause people at the opposite end of the globe to watch a Discovery Channel special on butterflies

I'll always be waiting in the wings Bella

I knew I was too late—and I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live.

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

And another day is tucked under my wing.

Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides.

I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings.

His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.

A thousand years ago five minutes were Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and Infinite aftertime: above your head They close like giant wings, and you are dead.

At evening casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink Downward to darkness, on extended wings.

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?

Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!

My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism.

"Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly"... "And if left unresolved you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place."

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

Nothing goes far which has not the wings of love to make it buoyant, so that it can fly.

The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.

I that have love and no more Give you but love of you, sweet; He that hath more, let him give; He that hath wings, let him soar; Mine is the heart at your feet Here, that must love you to live.

Everyone in me is a bird I am beating all my wings

Poetry is the establishment of a metaphorical link between white butterfly-wings and the scraps of torn-up love-letters.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.

And from that hour his poor maimed spirit, only remembering the place where it had broken its wings, cancelled the dream through which it had since groped, and knew of nothing beyond the Marshalsea.

The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.

I have a very great fear of love. It is so personal. Let each bird fly with its own wings, and each fish swim its own course.--Morning brings more than love. And I want to be true to the morning.

They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel," she said. "They say they're where your wings will grow again one day.