Grief Quotes by Else Lasker-Schuler

My breath hovers over the river of God - / Softly I set my foot / On the path to my long home.

— Else Lasker-Schuler

Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave.

— Else Lasker-Schuler

“At home I have a blue piano. But I can’t play a note. It’s been in the shadow of the cellar door Ever since…

— Else Lasker-Schuler

My love for you is the sole image / Of God a human is allowed.

— Else Lasker-Schuler

“Please lift your snowy skies off my soul - Your diamond dreams slice through my veins”

— Else Lasker-Schüler

“Dark as it is – you see, that little flickering, is the light of my soul.”

— Else Lasker-Schüler

“A true poet does not say 'azure'; a true poet says 'blue.”

— Else Lasker-Schüler