🪶 — #PENS & POETS: quotes from famous poets
“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper.”
“I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.”
“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.”
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”
“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”
“I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me.”
“Peace is always beautiful.”
“If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.”
“I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.”
“The saddest thing is to be a minute to someone when you've made them your eternity.”
“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.”
"Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you."
“We are made of all those who have built and broken us.”
“That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.”
“You shall love your crooked neighbor, with your crooked heart.”
“All this time I drank you like the cure when maybe you were the poison.”
“So dawn goes down today... Nothing gold can stay."
“Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”
“She conquered her demons and wore her scars like wings.
“repeat after me: you owe no one your forgiveness - except maybe yourself.”
“To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.”
"For darkness restores what light cannot repair.”
“I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you love.”
“I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so.”
“Regret is mostly caused by not having done anything.”
“My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.”
“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”