Matthew White > Quotes

“Legend has it that while drinking wine in a boat on the river, [8th century Chinese poet Li Po] tried to grab the moon's reflection on the surface and tumbled in, which is probably the poet's equivalent of dying bravely in battle.”
― Matthew White, Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History

“Your speck made me an atheist
with great faith in my many planks.”
― Matthew White, Propelled into Wonder: Poems of a Priest

“Without imagination we are but dimly lit,
grabbing at ideas that evade us in the fog.”
― Matthew White, Propelled into Wonder: Poems of a Priest

“I stare at sea and contemplate
whether God is with me here or
busy orchestrating tides or
neither here nor there or missing.”
― Matthew White, Propelled into Wonder: Poems of a Priest