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10 Nick Drake Quotes

Nick Drake's quotes feel like quiet, wistful reflections on change, vulnerability and mental health.

Nick Drake quotes

  1. Saw it written and i saw it say Pink moon is on its way And none of you stand so tall Pink moon's gonna get ye all.

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  2. Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground.

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  3. Please give me a second grace

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  4. I just need your star for a day.

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  5. And I was strong, strong in the sun I thought I'd see when day is done. Now I'm weaker than the palest blue Oh, so weak in the need for you.

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  6. I can't cope, all the defenses are gone. All the nerves are exposed.

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  7. I can't think of words. I feel no emotion about anything. I don't want to laugh or cry. I'm numb-dead inside.

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  8. [Public school is a place] where the sensitive experience a horrified dissociation from reality that can sometimes never fade away.

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  9. You remember me. You remember me how I was. Tell me how I was. I used to have a brain. I used to be somebody. What happened to me? What happened to me?

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  10. Sheila Wood: If you're so unhappy Nick, why haven't you killed yourself? Drake: It's too cowardly, and besides, I don't have the courage.

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