Theodor Storm quotes

Theodor Storm quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Love is nothing but the fear of mortal man at the thought of solitude.”
-- Theodor Storm

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“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”
“Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction.”
“I believe love just happens once. You can be mistaken, you can think you are in love, but after a while you discover that youre really not. Real love is different.”
“I don't actually think â€œtrue loveâ€ is such a good term because love can only be true. If it isn't true it can't be love.”
“Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.”
“I owe my solitude to other people.”
“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.”
“There are degrees and kinds of solitude. ... I know of no solitude so secure as one guarded by a spring flood; nor do the geese, who have seen more kinds and degrees of aloneness than I have.”
“Work cannot convey the almost voluptuous sweetness of the feelings experienced ... in solitude.”
“When everyone leaves you it's loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else it's solitude.”

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