“I believe in the world as in a daisy,
Because I see it. But I don’t think about it,
Because to think is to not understand.
The world wasn’t made for us to think about it
(To think is to have eyes that aren’t well)
But to look at it and to be in agreement.”
― A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems
Because I see it. But I don’t think about it,
Because to think is to not understand.
The world wasn’t made for us to think about it
(To think is to have eyes that aren’t well)
But to look at it and to be in agreement.”
― A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems
“The power of language. Preserving the ephemeral; giving form to dreams, permanence to sparks of sunlight.”
― Moon Tiger
― Moon Tiger
“In which star of the unclimbed sky wilt though begin our search? Or in which of the secret streams of the ocean where the last green rays are quenched in oozy darkness?”
― The Worm Ouroboros
― The Worm Ouroboros
“All I am is smoke and mirrors ...”
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