“A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?”
“A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?- Then I shall build you wings.”
“A bird may love a fish but where would they build a home together?”
“Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love ; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.”
“For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.”
“Out of love alone shall my despising and my warning bird fly up, not out of swamp. (...) Where one can no longer love, there one should pass by.”