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“You will have memories
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful...”
― Come Close
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful...”
― Come Close
“Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me,
Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature….”
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Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature….”
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“And her light
stretches over salt sea
equally and flowerdeep fields.
Sappho”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
stretches over salt sea
equally and flowerdeep fields.
Sappho”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“The world has suffered no greater literary loss than the loss of Sappho's poems.”
― Studies of the Greek Poets
― Studies of the Greek Poets
“Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ ἄκρον ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῳ λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπνεσ, οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐδύναντ᾽ ἐπίκεσθαι”
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“The girl adored you more than anything,
As if you were a goddess -
But most of all she loved to hear you sing.”
― Come Close
As if you were a goddess -
But most of all she loved to hear you sing.”
― Come Close
“What farm girl dolled up in a farm dress
captivates your wits
not knowing how to pull her rags down to her ankles?”
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captivates your wits
not knowing how to pull her rags down to her ankles?”
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“Once lost in Hades' hall
You will be homeless and invisible -
Another shadow flittering back and forth
With shadows of no worth.”
― Come Close
You will be homeless and invisible -
Another shadow flittering back and forth
With shadows of no worth.”
― Come Close
“The gorgeous man presents a gorgeous view;
The good man will in time be gorgeous, too.
Wealth without real worthiness
Is no good for the neighborhood;
But their proper mixture is
The summit of beatitude.”
― Come Close
The good man will in time be gorgeous, too.
Wealth without real worthiness
Is no good for the neighborhood;
But their proper mixture is
The summit of beatitude.”
― Come Close
“You know it is not the blood but the water of river Hydadpas which flows in my veins and you are the mermaid permanently residing in that water”
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“But a strange longing to pass on Seizes me, and I need to see
Lotuses on the dewy banks of Acheron.”
― Come Close
Lotuses on the dewy banks of Acheron.”
― Come Close
“When you finally decide to unburden yourself of my memories, please wrap them up in a bouquet of yellow tulips and throw them in the river Hydaspas, which flows into the Arabian Sea. As all seas are interconnected, I will collect this bouquet on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean”
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“I leaned forward and kissed her on her forehead. She tasted like a cigar, a complex combination of flavours that come from the tobacco itself, as well as any additional flavours that might be imparted during the fermentation and ageing processes.; Yes, bitter-sweet, and scented.”
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“I lost myself in the pursuit of my soul within her, only to find that she was nothing more than a mirage—a reflection of my own desires, leading me further from the truth I sought.”
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“There is a deep sorrow in laying to rest a version of yourself that others destroyed, but the pain of burying the one you killed yourself is unbearable”
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“and lovely laughing—oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“virgin deershooter wild one, the gods call her as her name.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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