In these dark times people prefer to look away from everything they would rather not see.
Nick Drake Quotes
born 1961 England
Nick Drake (born in 1961 London) is a British poet and mystery writer.
- England
- Poets
Also known as: Nick Drake (author)
34 quotes
It would be another day ruled by this world’s new gods: gold and power.
Fear, that unknowable and all-powerful enemy, has invaded us all, like a secret army of shadows.
‘Reform of corruption. Civil order to prevent the abuses of power. Justice.’
Fear is a powerful enemy, but a useful friend.
Can love communicate over great distance? I could only hope so.
For a world with so much sun we live in a dark place, in a dark time.
We need strong, educated women to help us build a better world.
‘There is no such thing as a cheerful poem [...] Happiness writes in water, not ink.’
You are like one of your bees, going from flower to flower, sampling the nectar of this and that.
There is truth in what you say. Truth is a dangerous muse. One dies for the truth.
I would much rather have a living husband with no job and no gold than a dead one.
Even words are not perhaps safe in these times.
The truth is always the truth.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nick Drake (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.