Elin

“This is why I write. Because poetry begins where death is robbed of the last word.”
― Odysseus Elytis, Open Papers - Selected Essays

“She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.”
― Sappho

“Ο Νόμος που είμαι δεν θα με υποτάξει: The Law I am will not subdue me.”
― Odysseus Elytis, Μαρία Νεφέλη

“Your mouth speaks with four hundred roses, beats the trees, overwhelms the entire earth, pours the first shiver into the body.”
― Odysseus Elytis