All Quotes By Tag: Poetry

“ΕπιθυμίεςΣαν σώματα ωραία νεκρών που δεν εγέρασανκαι τάκλεισαν, με δάκρυα, σε μαυσωλείο λαμπρό,με ρόδα στο κεφάλι και στα πόδια γιασεμιά –έτσ’ η επιθυμίες μοιάζουν που επέρασανχωρίς να εκπληρωθούν· χωρίς ν’ αξιωθεί καμιάτης ηδονής μια νύχτα, ή ένα πρωϊ της φεγγερό.”Desires”Like beautiful bodies of the dead who had not grown oldand they shut them, with tears, in a brilliant mausoleum,with roses at the head and jasmine at the feet –this is what desires resemble that have passedwithout fulfillment; without any of them having achieveda night of sensual delight, or a morning of brightness.”

“By a route obscure and lonelyHaunted by ill angels only,Where an eidolon, named NIGHT,On a black throne reigns upright,I have reached these lands but newlyFrom an ultimate dim Thule –From a wild, weird clime that lieth, sublime,Out of SPACE, out of TIME.”

“I am ashamed of my century, but I have to smile.”

“LightLightThe visible reminder of Invisible Light.”

“I really don’t know what “I love you” means.I think it means “Don’t leave me here alone.”

“[I’m]a freak user of words, not a poet.”

“To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel, that discernment is but a hand playing with finely-ordered variety on the chords of emotion–a soul in which knowledge passes instantaneously into feeling, and feeling flashes back as a new organ of knowledge.”

“Take away love and our earth is a tomb.”

“whatever you dobe gentle with yourself.you don’t just livein this worldor your homeor your skin.you also livein someone’s eyes.”

“Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . .”

“Writing, then, was a substitute for myself: if you don’t love me, love my writing & love me for my writing. It is also much more: a way of ordering and reordering the chaos of experience.”

“PASSIONS FUEL LIFE! -FRB”

“a think I would not be here todaywithout the strength given by certain friendshipsmeet to reassemble meI look at the presentat this insant and very patientof day clementan exit and always in the partand life reacts to your mindpositive and creativestay magical,stay true.”

“the intensityin your eyesburns my penas i write.”

“Whole world aside —When you said it’s going to be ok,It’s going to be ok.“Your words are enough to heal me.”