Lisa Bolding

“The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.”
― W.H. Auden

“Dawn filled the sky with roses. In the
crystal-clear air the last song of the nightingale
dies. The smell of the wine weakens. This is the moment
when fools dream of fame! How soft
is your hair, my beloved!”
― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

“Drink wine and look at the moon
and think of all the civilisations
the moon has seen passing by.”
― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

“Into this life of cruel wonder sent,
Without a word to tell us what it meant,
Sent back again without a reason why -
Birth, life, and death - 'twas all astonishment.”
― Richard Le Gallienne, رباعيات خيام