Our 6th issue: Dreams of a Caged Bird, is all about how we’re caged up and chained down, yet still dreaming. We want to hear what keeps you captive, what your fears, worries, hopes, and dreams are. We understand that deciding on what to write can be difficult, so we are providing a list of quotes to inspire your writing. These quotes will reflect themes such as escaping your cage, hopes, dreams, and feeling caught.
“I know why the caged bird sings.” - Maya Angelou
“You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.” - Rumi
“Every poem breaks a silence that was meant to be overcome.” - Adrienne Rich
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” - Malala Yousafzai
“Freedom is never given; it is won.” - A. Philip Randolph
“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly.” - Unknown
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” - C.S. Lewis
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” - Marvin Gaye
“That dream was planted in your heart for a reason.” - Unknown
“Maybe this cage has been a cocoon all along.” - Stacie Martin
“Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.” - William Faulkner
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” - Walt Disney
“You locked me in a cage so big I thought I could fly.” - Darling March
“Dreams come a size too big so we can grow in them.” - Josie Bissett
“Some birds just aren’t meant to be caged.” - Unknown
“I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.” - Steven Spielberg
“The stars are always there. Even when clouds hide then. Even when you can’t see them. They’re always there. Just like hope.” - 11:11
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” - Mandy Hale
“She learned that she was not meant to be caged and she broke free.” - Unknown
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” - Unknown
“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there‘s so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.” - Zayn Malik
“You hold the key to your cage.” - Unknown
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.” - Virginia Woolf
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” - Lemony Snicket
“That's the funny thing about chances, you don’t know if it’s yours until you take it.” - JmStorm
“A golden cage is still just a cage.” - Anita Krizzan
“Patience is more than simply learning to wait. it is having learned what is worth your time.” - JmStorm
“Know that when you feel so stuck as if you’re in a birdcage that you are the one who holds the key” - OliviaLunaHealing
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and love the life you have imagined.” - Henry David Thoreau
“We think caged birds sing when indeed they cry.” - Unknown
“Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.” - S.A. Sachs
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is wide open?” - Rumi
“Hope is a waking dream.” - Aristotle
“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” - Alejandro Jodorowsky
“Most human beings live like a bird in a cage whose door is blown away. Too busy gold-plating the cage to soar to their ultimate possibility.” Sadhguru
I hope this helped get your creative juices flowing and inspired your writing. Issue 6 submissions will be open from December 1st to January 3rd. Follow us on Instagram @rewritethestarsreview or check out our website for more information and updates!
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