Stevens Quotes

“should i tear my heart out now?
everything i feel returns to you
somehow”
― Sufjan Stevens

“There comes a point where you become tired of the loneliness and need a human touch, a caress to make you realize you still exist as a person.”
― Felice Stevens, Rescued

“It was cowardice, Mr Stevens. Simple cowardice. Where could I have gone? I have no family. Only my aunt. I love her dearly, but I can’t live with her for a day without feeling my whole life is wasting away. I did tell myself, of course, I would soon find some new situation. But I was so frightened, Mr Stevens. Whenever I thought of leaving, I just saw myself going out there and finding nobody who knew or cared about me. There, that’s all my high principles amount to. I feel so ashamed of myself. But I just couldn’t leave, Mr Stevens. I just couldn’t bring myself to leave.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“The soul, o ganders, flies beyond the parks
And far beyond the discords of the wind.

A bronze rain from the sun descending marks
The death of summer, which that time endures”
― Wallace Stevens