Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
10 quotes
"What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."
"I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself."
"The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,They scorn the best I can do to relate them."
"And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth."
"To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts. One brief house of madness and joy!"
"I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person."
"My words itch at your ears till you understand them"
"I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runway sun, I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love. If you want me again look for me under your boot soles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you"
"You sea! I resign myself to you also-I guess what you mean, I behold from the beach your crooked fingers, I believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me.We must have a turn together,I undress, hurry me out of sight of the land,Cushion me soft, rock me billowy drowse,Dash me with amorous wet, I can repay you."
"I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat;"