Spring's Awakening Quotes

“The fog is clearing; life is a matter of taste.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“I didn't ask to be born, and I don't owe God anything.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“Wendla: How did you come here?
Melchior: I followed my thoughts.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“We see God and the devil blaming each other, and cherish the unspeakable belief that both of them are drunk.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“In my opinion it is unwise to judge a young man by his school record. We have too many examples of bad students becoming distinguished men, and, on the other hand, of brilliant students not being at all remarkable in life.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“If I ever have children I will let them grow up like the weeds in our flower garden. Nobody worries about them and they grow so high and thick-while the roses in the beds grow poorer and poorer every summer.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening: A Tragedy of Childhood

“Monuments are for the living, not for the dead.”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood

“We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening

“I do not believe in pathos. Our elders show us long faces in order to hide their stupidity.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“And, therefore, hold your head high, Herr Stiefel!——Such a crisis as this comes to all of us and will soon be surmounted. If all of us had recourse to dagger or poison in such cases, there would soon be no men left in the world.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“Virtue is not a bad garment, but it requires an imposing figure.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“Melchior. What good does that do? Moritz. What good does it have to do?——We are fit for nothing more, neither good nor evil.”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood

“If our esteemed colleague, Zungenschlag, does not find our room ventilated sufficiently, I should like to suggest that our esteemed colleague, Zungenschlag, have a ventilator set into his forehead.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“To be frank with you, Melchior, I have almost the same feeling since I read your explanation.——It fell at my feet during the first vacation days. I was startled. I fastened the door and flew through the flaming lines as a frightened owl flies through a burning wood——I believe I read most of it with my eyes shut.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“Just the bitch of living as someone you can’t stand”
― Steven Sater, Spring Awakening

“MORITZ: Melchior, do you agree that a human being's sense of shame is just a product of his education?

MELCHIOR: It seems to me it must be deeply rooted in human nature. Imagine you had to undress completely in front of your best friend. You'd only do it if he did it at the same time.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening

“Ernest. Oh, I can't eat any more. Hans. Just this shining muscatelle! Ernest. My elasticity has its limit.”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood

“Der vermummte Herr Warum prahlen Sie denn dann mit Erhabenheit?! – Sie wissen doch, daß das Humbug ist – saure Trauben! Warum lügen Sie geflissentlich, Sie – Hirngespinst! – – Wenn Ihnen eine so schätzenswerte Wohltat damit geschieht, so bleiben Sie meinetwegen. Aber hüten Sie sich vor Windbeuteleien, lieber Freund – und lassen Sie mir bitte Ihre Leichenhand aus dem Spiel.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“I do not hold my parents
answerable. At the same time, the worst must fall upon them. They
were old enough to know what they were doing. I was a weakling when I
came into the world----or else I would have been wise enough to
become another being. Why should I be forced to pay for the fact that
the others were here already!”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 1916 [Leather Bound]

“even the best can do one harm when one isn’t ripe enough in years to receive it properly.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening: A Tragedy of Childhood

“Melchior, don't you also think that man's sense of shame is just a product of his education?”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening Of Spring: A Tragedy Of Childhood Translated From The German By Francis J. Ziegler

“MRS GABOR (to Mr. Gabor): You have to be a man to be so blinded by doctrine that you cannot see what is staring you in the face!”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening

“The sublime humorist is the most miserable, most pitiable creature in creation.”
― Frank Wedekind, Spring's Awakening

“I read your explanation.——It fell at my feet during the first vacation days. I was startled. I fastened the door and flew through the flaming lines as a frightened owl flies through a burning wood——I believe I read most of it with my eyes shut.”
― Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood