“Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.”
Patti Smith (1946) American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
Source: Daniel Audio CD Set: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy
“Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.”
Patti Smith (1946) American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) German poet, critic and scholar
Nicht in die politische Welt verschleudere du Glauben und Liebe, aber in der göttlichen Welt der Wissenschaft und der Kunst opfre dein Innerstes in den heiligen Feuerstrom ewiger Bildung.
“Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 106
“I never condemn wrongdoing in any area”
Bertie Ahern (1951) Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
22 February, 2006 in the Dáil (Ahern corrected his slip, above, TO "condone" during the same statement.) Leaders' Questions http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2006/02/22/member5.asp Oireachtas Debates 2006-02-22.
“I fled the headless darts of slanderous tongue.”
Anacreon (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
Odes, XLII. (XL.), 11.
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
"Free Hope" p. 131.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)
Context: Thou art greatly wise, my friend, and ever respected by me, yet I find not in your theory or your scope, room enough for the lyric inspirations, or the mysterious whispers of life. To me it seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive, and a slave, than always to walk in armor.