Theodore Roethke Quotes

What have I done, dear God, to deserve this perpetual feeling that I'm almost ready to begin something really new?

Theodore Roethke

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• What have I done, dear God, to deserve this perpetual feeling that I'm almost ready to begin something really new?

  

  Theodore Roethke
  • Feelings
  • Deserve
  • Ready