“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
“Creo que no te quiero, que solamente quiero la imposibilidad tan obvia de quererte. Como el guante izquierdo enamorado de la mano derecha.”
― Save Twilight: Selected Poems
― Save Twilight: Selected Poems
“Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.”
― The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
― The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
“People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.”
― Platform
― Platform
“Las grandes pasiones parten de la antítesis.”
― Venus in Furs
― Venus in Furs
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