Kisses.
„I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.“
— E.E. Cummings American poet 1894 - 1962
Collected Poems (1938) New Poems 22
Variante: I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
„How can a bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?“
— William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827
— John Constable English Romantic painter 1776 - 1837
Letter to his wife, Maria Bicknell (20 April 1821); as quoted in Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams, Constable (Tate Gallery Publications, London, 1993), p. 28
1820s
— Robert Browning English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812 - 1889
"In a Gondola", line 49 (1842).
— Meng Haoran poet from the Tang Dynasty
"Spring Morning" (《春晓》), trans. Yuanchong Xu
Original: (zh) 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟；夜来风雨声，花落知多少。
„Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.“
— Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932 - 1963
Variante: Kiss me and you will see how important I am.
Quelle: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
— Friedrich von Logau German poet 1605 - 1655
(Sinngedichte III, 10, 8).
„How long, how long must we sing this song?“
— Bono Irish rock musician, singer of U2 1960
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Lyrics, War (1983)
„Just how much abuse will you be able to take? Well, there's no way to tell by the first kiss.“
— Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941
Song lyrics, Infidels (1983), Sweetheart Like You
— Nicole Hollander Cartoonist 1939
Quelle: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 9
„You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows how.“
— Margaret Mitchell, buch Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)
Variante: You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.
Quelle: Gone with the Wind
— Dorothy Frances Gurney English hymnwriter, poet 1858 - 1932
"God's Garden" lines 13–16, Poems, by Dorothy Frances Gurney (London: Country Life, 1913).
„Today greets you in the morning with an embrace and a kiss. How will you greet it back?“
— Steve Maraboli 1975
Quelle: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 73
