Karin Boye

“Sated, sated is the earth. All is eaten, drunk up, drained. What is it I lack, hunger and thirst for?”

“Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking. Why else would spring hesitate?”

“The day of satiety is never the biggest. The best day is a day of thirst.”

“Break up, break up! The new day is dawning. Endless is our great adventure.”

“Surely there is a goal and meaning in our journey - but it is the path, which is worth the effort.”

“Armed, straight, and clad in armor I went forth. But with fear was the heart in my body.”

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you for freeing me from myself.”

“And the pride that raises a tower of its loneliness, it is a prison, hard and cold.”

“My skin is full of butterflies.”

“You are my purest comfort, you are my strongest home.”

“I want to see my longing fulfilled, or I want to see it die.”

“Everything that is beautiful, everything that is true, has a tone of melancholy mixed in its blood.”