William Ellery Channing (poet) (1818–1901) American writer
Hymn of the Earth, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Source: Last Sacrifice
William Ellery Channing (poet) (1818–1901) American writer
Hymn of the Earth, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“My standpoint is armed neutrality.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
“You nodded off in my arms watching tv
I won’t move you an inch
Even though my arm’s asleep.”
Ben Folds (1966) American musician
"Gracie", Songs for Silverman (2005).
Song lyrics, Solo
“Gossip grows like weeds
In a summer meadow.
My girl and I
Sleep arm in arm.”
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) Japanese poet
XIX, p. 21
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)
“At last, my arm is complete again”
Stephen Sondheim (1930) American composer and lyricist
Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
“May my heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home.”
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
“How can my ankles and arms be obscene?”
Libba Bray A Great and Terrible Beauty
Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty