Awakened

Famous quotes containing the word awakened:

“What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, turning the other side of my half-clad body to the fire, I sought slumber again.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I am awakened each dawn
Increasingly to fear....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)