Sechnsucht Quotes & Sayings

The Planet On The Table
Ariel was glad he had written his poems.
They were of a remembered time
Or of something seen that he liked.
Other makings of the sun
Were waste and welter
And the ripe shrub writhed.
His self and the sun were one
And his poems, although makings of his self,
Were no less makings of the sun.
It was not important that they survive.
What mattered was that they should bear
Some lineament or character,
Some affluence, if only half-perceived,
In the poverty of their words,
Of the planet of which they were part. — Wallace Stevens

The more you gripe about your problems, the more problems you have to gripe about! — Zig Ziglar

From at least the age of six, romantic longing
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has played an unusually central part of my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. — C.S. Lewis

To Hell With Compromises — George S. Patton Jr.

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market. — Dick Gregory

If you can love yourself deeply, you will never feel alone. — Debasish Mridha

Throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us. — Henry David Thoreau

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business. — Tracy Morgan

But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says 'Your Hero's Photo Here,' and 'Your Hero's Story Here.' — Brad Meltzer

The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security. — Jon Porter

In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless child, taking hold of Christ's hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds on his hands and side, whence came the blood that cleanses you from sin and hiding your nakedness under the skirt of the white shining robe of his righteousness. — Jonathan Edwards

I feel like people are actually just built differently, have different chemicals going on in their goddamn brain. — Marnie Stern

Trusting anyone can get you killed. — Zoe Marriott