Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
Speech at L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Women's Night (17 April 2004) http://www.jennifer-beals.com/media/speeches/womensnight2004.html.
Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
Marion Woodman (1928–2018) Canadian writer
Source: The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter (1980), p. 9
Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) German actor
On his daughter, Nastassja. p. 286
Kinski Uncut : The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski (1996)
“She can find in her bewilderment no words wherewith to begin, how to order or where to end her speech; fain would she pour out all in her first utterance, but not even the first words doth fear-stricken shame allow her.”
Nec quibus incipiat demens videt ordine nec quo
quove tenus, prima cupiens effundere voce
omnia, sed nec prima pudor dat verba timenti.
Gaius Valerius Flaccus book Argonautica
Source: Argonautica, Book VII, Lines 433–435
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Variant: You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break — her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Uptown Girl.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)