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Quotes About Cage

The tiger has swallowed a black sun. In his cold cage he carries it still. Black flames flicker through his fur. Black rays roar from the centers of his eyes.
~ Valerie Worth
Cass, Aly, and Marco were trapped in an invisible cage. And I was on the outside.
~ Peter Lerangis
It has a wheel in its cage; ever seen a squirrel running inside a wheel? It runs and runs, the wheel spins, but the squirrel stays in the same spot. Buffy seems to like it, though. I guess squirrels aren't too bright, Rick said.
~ Philip K. Dick
Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers.
~ Philip Kerr
Lord Asriel was a tall man with powerful shoulders, a fierce dark face, and eyes that seemed to flash and glitter with savage laughter. It was a face to be dominated by, or to fight: never a face to patronize or pity. All his movements were large and perfectly balanced, like those of a wild animal, and when he appeared in a room like this, he seemed a wild animal held in a cage too small for it.
~ Philip Pullman
He seemed satisfied with what he had made, although he didn't say anything. He just grinned at my reaction to it. I was so pleased that I jumped up and down, like those people who win prizes on TV game shows. My dad says they are told to act that way, and that it isn't dignified to get so excited over money. I guess it's okay to get excited over a great owl cage, though.
~ Unknown
A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird.
~ Idries Shah
But he is still locked up.' 'Oh, child,' answered Mrs. Golden. 'That cage can't contain Sunny's spirit. It soars right out from behind those bars. That's what's important for all of us. To let our souls sing out.
~ Unknown
On my keychain, I have a citrine crystal in a tiny cage. It's for protection and good vibes.
~ Wendi McLendon-Covey
I'm a competitive guy. So when push comes to shove when I'm in the cage, I always push to my limits to get the victory because that's who I am.
~ Rory MacDonald
It's always better to like a gangster from a distance anyway. Like a tiger cub in a cage. They always look soft and cute and warm behind those iron bars. Everybody's happy, smilimg, waving, taking pictures. But you take away those bars and all that goes away. All that's left is the fear.
~ Lorenzo Carcaterra
Before Arwen arrived, the neighborhood was fine. Just ticking along, everyone effectively hiding their dark family secrets behind their smiling masks. But Arwen rattled their cage. The rats began running around and attacking each other.
~ Unknown
It is foolish for most to attempt to chain a tigress," Mab said. Her wide eyes swiveled to me. "Yet chains can be forged—and tigresses can be caged.
~ Jim Butcher
You, Dog. Youah all dog. Seems mighty funny to keep you in a piddlin' little cage, and just use you fo' getting' blue ribbons and little cups when you could be a huntin' dog. Seems might funny. Still, I s'pose it's impo'tant, else, Danny and Mistah Haggin wouldn't do it. But fo' the life of me I can't figgah it.
~ Unknown
She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal that was well and truly caught, she could escape only by leaving a piece of herself behind.
~ Jodi Picoult
The entire audience had been cheering and applauding wildly throughout the speech, and if he had rolled out a communist in a cage, the spectators would have gladly called for him to rip out the red's beating heart with his massive fists.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
After the experience both of Europe and Asia, anyone who speaks of non - class politics and of non - class socialism deserves to be simply put in a cage and exhibited alongside of the Australian kangaroo.
~ Vladimir Lenin
CJ left, which I did not like at all, but the Vet petted me and I fell into a sleep so deep I lost all track of time. When I awoke, it was morning and I was in a cage, wearing a stupid, stiff collar that surrounded my face and funneled all noises and smells directly into my senses. Again, was all I thought to myself. I had long given up trying to understand why people liked to put their dogs in such ridiculous situations.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
DEPARTURE The horizon slopes away The days are longer Trip A heart hops in a cage A bird sings It is going to die Another door is going to open At the end of the corridor Where a star Begins to shine A dark-haired woman The lantern of the departing train (Departure)
~ Pierre Reverdy
Dualism::In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man I am outside of history. i wish i had some peanuts, it looks hungry there in the cage. i am outside of history. its hungrier than i thot.
~ Ishmael Reed
That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.
~ Isobelle Carmody
I wish I were a shark so I could hold "cage tours" for people to see me.
~ Unknown
One of these days I'm going to get myself an avatar so I can ride an Archaeopteryx in cyberspace -- goodbye, the meat cage. Pray the server doesn't crash, pray against the curse of carpal tunnel syndrome.
~ Lucia Perillo
A villain let your creativity out of its cage.
~ Jodi Picoult