When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.
He who cannot howl will not find his pack. - Charles Simic
He who cannot howl will not find his pack.
- Charles Simic
The secret wish of poetry is to stop time. - Charles Simic
The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.
The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking m… - Charles Simic
The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking m…
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. - Charles Simic
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art. - Charles Simic
The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.
When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook. - Charles Simic
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to pl… - Charles Simic
In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to pl…
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships. - Charles Simic
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.
If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church. - Charles Simic
If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.
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