Sappho on nerve
Sappho49 quotes“May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SapphoSappho What cannot be said will be wept.
SapphoSappho Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SapphoSappho Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SapphoSappho Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SapphoSappho When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SapphoSappho No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SapphoSappho Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SapphoSappho For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SapphoSappho All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SapphoSappho Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SapphoSappho If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SapphoSappho I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SapphoSappho I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SapphoSappho Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SapphoSappho I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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You can meet me at local beach. I am waiting for you so that we can find ourselves together between the beach and Heaven.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Maybe I should just let myself feel to the point that I don’t feel anything. It’s the game of feelings, I think it’s time to play with my own.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Your tongue is too powerful that it can make a garden out of me. And it can also shred and tear apart the flowers within.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta Self awareness is confidence.
Nansia MovidiNansia Movidi To feel is the most beautiful thing in life. It gives us love, as much as pain but only if we accept the pain, we can love.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean Never let anyone mask their misbehavior towards you as authenticity.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat The thoughts of you have become stronger over the years and so at times i have pushed them back, sought even to extinguish them
Angie UththaraAngie Uththara In hard times stay soft.
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With a popular show, you know that there’s expectations there, so that’s a little nerve-wracking when you’re new and you’re just trying to find your legs on something, but it’s exciting, too, because that’s what we work so hard for.
Aaron AshmoreAaron Ashmore It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves.
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison Stop being so optimistic. It’s getting on my nerves.
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
Eric ClaptonEric Clapton Stop being so optimistic, its getting on my nerves. No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up? Just shut up. Can do. Really? Doesn’t seem like it.
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves.
Niall HoranNiall Horan He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe
