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“The Minnow
If I press
on its head,
the eyes
will come out
like stars.
The ripples
it makes
can move
the moon.”
― The Singing Knives
If I press
on its head,
the eyes
will come out
like stars.
The ripples
it makes
can move
the moon.”
― The Singing Knives
“…but now, along this high, rocky road, it was the leaves of cherry trees that predominated. From the bridge on, these lay like fallen red flowers. Some wet leaves, already decaying, had faded to a pink that was the color of the dawn. Why should decay take the color of the dawn?”
― Runaway Horses
― Runaway Horses
“Todo eso que está inútilmente añadido a la pura necesidad, es arte.”
― Los renglones torcidos de Dios
― Los renglones torcidos de Dios
“before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signs
they enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an image
as much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave”
― The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
they enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an image
as much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave”
― The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
“When grief for fiction’s idle words More real than human life appears, Reflect that life itself’s a dream And do not mock the reader’s tears.”
― The Story of the Stone
― The Story of the Stone
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