I’m like the child who buries her head in the pillow so as not to see, the child who tells herself that light causes sadness—
Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were utterly rigid. Does … - Louise GlüCk
Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were utterly rigid. Does …
- Louise GlüCk
I’m like the child who buries her head in the pillow so as not to see, the child who tells herself that light causes sadness— - Louise GlüCk
The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams. - Louise GlüCk
The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.
What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten. - Louise GlüCk
What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten.
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last. - Louise GlüCk
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.
We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory. - Louise GlüCk
We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.
At the end of my suffering/there was a door. - Louise GlüCk
At the end of my suffering/there was a door.
From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved. - Louise GlüCk
From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.
Intense love always leads to mourning. - Louise GlüCk
Intense love always leads to mourning.
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