Mikhail Shishkin
All the rest, besides my loving and being loved, has no importance whatsoever. ― Mikhail Shishkin, Maidenhair (Open Letter, October 23, 2012) Originally published 2005.
Category: Modern
Ray Bradbury
I went to bed and woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard someone cry, thinking I myself was weeping, and I felt my face and it was dry. Then I looked at the window and thought: Why, yes, it’s just the rain, the rain, always the rain, and turned over, sadder still,… Continue reading Ray Bradbury
Ko Un
It’s as if death makes our hearts grow deeper. — Ko Un, from “Crossing Rice Fields at Nightfall,” The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry. (Columbia University Press, March 24, 2004)
Federico García Lorc
[To find a kiss of yours] translated by Sarah Arvio To find a kiss of yours what would I give A kiss that strayed from your lips dead to love My lips taste the dirt of shadows To gaze at your dark eyes what would I give Dawns of rainbow garnet fanning open before God—… Continue reading Federico García Lorc
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
When you write, you should put your skin on the table. ― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night. (New Directions; Reprint edition, May 17, 2006) Originally published 1932.
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past. ― Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
Mitch Glazer
There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be a child. The saltwater on your sunburnt legs. Sometimes the water is yellow, sometimes it’s red. But what colour it may be in memory, depends on the day. I’m not going to tell… Continue reading Mitch Glazer
Paul Auster
I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity. — Paul Auster, Moon Palace. (Penguin… Continue reading Paul Auster
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