#waiting

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

#come #did #get #god #here

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#back #come #daughter #did #i

I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#anything #couple #crucial #enough #financially

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#down #get #i #keep #overwhelming

I was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place. ↗

— Kate Moss

#buzzing #felt #huge #i #intimidated

But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for. ↗

— Anna Neagle

#feel #i #i feel #important #important thing

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#being #difficult #i #i am #nervous

In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and take one last look at me. Someone had to remember me, if only for a few more minutes in the vast silent waiting room of time. ↗

— Gary Shteyngart

#friends #friendship #life-lessons #waiting #death