John Locke
We only experience time as a relationship between a succession of sensations. — John Locke
Month: July 2021
Li-Young Lee
I know moments measuredby a kiss, or a tear, a pass of thehand along a loved one’s face. —Li-Young Lee, from “Always a Rose,” Rose (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1986)
Samuel Beckett
What do we do now, now that we are happy? — Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot. (Grove Press; 1 edition, May 17, 2011) Originally published 1952. Premiered 5 January 1953 at theThéâtre de Babylone, Paris France.
John Beer
I wake from another dream,the same as every dream. A man builds a shipin my chest. — John Beer, from “Sonnets to Morpheus,” The Waste Land and Other Poems (Canarium Books, 2010)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My whole heart was full at that moment; the recollection of so much that is past pressed in upon my soul […] — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther. (Weygand’sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 29 September 1774, revised ed. 1787)
Frank O’Hara
I love you. I love you,but I’m turning to my versesand my heart is closinglike a fist. — Frank O’Hara, from “Mayakovsky,” Meditations in an Emergency (Grove/Atlantic Inc., 1996)
Kurt Vonnegut
Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind. — Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr.… Continue reading Kurt Vonnegut
W.S. Merwin
In my youth I believed in somewhere elseI put faith in travelnow I am becoming my own tree — W.S. Merwin, from “Wild Oats,” The Moon Before Morning (Copper Canyon Press, 2014)
Libba Bray
And when it comes, her kiss is like something not so much felt as found. — Libba Bray, Going Bovine. (Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 edition September 22, 2009)
Suji Kwock Kim
Poor fool, you are divided at the heart,Lost in its maze of chambers, blood, and love,A heart that will one day beat you to death. — Suji Kwock Kim, from “Monologue For an Onion,” Notes from the Divided Country. (LSU Press; First Edition edition April 1, 2003)
The Vale of Soul-Making 