The Broken Wings

"Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that laws of humanity do not alter its course."

"Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and is created in a moment."

Kahlil Gibran is a Lebanese poet, philosopher and the author of The Prophet, touches a variety of subjects like love, plight of women, hypocrisy, false values, and true prayer and sacri- fice in The Broken Wings. He describes the plight of the women as "the bird with broken wings in a cage.