Christian Morgenstern Quotes

What we want most is to be held...and told..that everything (everything is a funny thing, is baby milk and papa's eyes, is roaring logs on a cold morning, is hoot owls and the boy who makes you cry after school, is mama's long hair, is being afraid and twisted faces on the bedroom wall)...is going to be alright.

You … You had always made the future feel safe. As long as you were in it too, beside me, I could be okay.

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

Although I have fantastic connections, I didn't know as a child what feeling secure meant.

I have an incredibly supportive husband and family and an incredibly well-adjusted daughter.

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.

I'm very lucky to have a strong support system with my friends and my family. They have kept me grounded.

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

Nikolai stroked her cheek, then wrapped her in his embrace. “You’re safe,” he said tenderly beside her ear. “I’ve got you, and I’m going to keep you safe.

They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass." He carried me into our room and kicked the door shut behind us.

He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into the warm curve of his neck, and never let go.

For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love to keep me safe and warm...I turn to you. For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on...for everything you do, for everything thats true, I turn to you.

Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people.

What we need is love, to guide and protect us on.

It feels good to know that I am safe and I am loved.

With Woods arms wrapped around me and the beat of his heart pressed against my chest, I knew he would hold me steady. If I ever fell, I’d have him to catch me.

If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, ‘Love each other or perish’.

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.

There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn.

I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well.

I am magnificently prepared for the long littleness of life. There is diddley-squat for me to look forward to. Zilch, zero, zip-all, sweet lipperty-pipperty nothing. The only thought that will give me the energy to carry on is that someone has a life which would be diminished by my departure from it.

Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived.

I have a girlfriend and she really keeps me grounded. Makes me normal.