“I’m capable of staying sober unless anything happens.”
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
― Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
“even here, even at the beginning of love,
her hand leaving his face makes
an image of departure
and they think
they are free to overlook
this sadness.”
― The Wild Iris
her hand leaving his face makes
an image of departure
and they think
they are free to overlook
this sadness.”
― The Wild Iris
“Yūgen's hallmarks [are] mystery and depth .. . . it is characterized by sadness, unspoken connotations, imagery of a veiled, monochromatic nature, and an atmosphere of haunting beauty.”
― Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry
― Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry
“We are nothing but lies, duplicity, contradiction, and we hide and disguise ourselves from ourselves.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“I write about you all the time, I said aloud. Every time I say "I", it refers to you.”
― Faithful and Virtuous Night
― Faithful and Virtuous Night
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