“I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss?
Shall I ever find it, whatever it is?”

“In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.”

Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator

“I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.”

Charles Lamb (1775–1834) English essayist

“People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.”

Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy

“I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean
But I shall be good health to you nonetheless
And filter and fibre your blood.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist

“If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.”

Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain

“Even if you are thousand people in this hall, I am talking to you. When I say you, I mean Y O U. There is a thread running with each of you; so don’t ever apply what I am saying to others; you will simply miss the whole thing yourself.”

Nithyananda (1978) Indian guru

“Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.”

Angelina Jolie (1975) American actress, film director, and screenwriter

“When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my head.”

Mary I of England (1516–1558) Queen of England and Ireland