Marcus Kearns

“None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, boredom, or indifference over his inward joy.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake
and dress them in warm clothes again.”
― Richard Siken

“Try to write poems at least one person in the room will hate.”
― Marvin Bell

“To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.”
― Chuang Tzu