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    Aimé Césaire
    “Serpent heart of ancient terrors.”
    ― Aimé Césaire, The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire
    tags: ancient, heart, serpent, terror
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    Christina Im
    “I am the native speaker of so much blood.”
    ― Christina Im
    tags: blood, language
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    Zora Neale Hurston
    “Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”
    ― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
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    Antonio Machado
    “A heart is made mature by darkness and art.”
    ― Antonio Machado
    tags: art, darkness, heart
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    Anaïs Nin
    “She wanted to be courted with mysterious language.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
    tags: courtship, language, love, mysterious
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    Paul Valéry
    “I have put my soul and trust in flowers. Occult flowers, flowers of premonition.”
    ― Paul Valéry
    tags: flowers
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    Brynne Rebele-Henry
    “Once I hit my head on concrete and saw saints, oranges, dizzy blood. My skull almost split like a cleaved fruit. To be taken seriously a woman has to become nothing but a wound.”
    ― Brynne Rebele-Henry, Autobiography of a Wound: Poems
    tags: blood, fruit, oranges, woman, wound
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    Richard Siken
    “Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”
    ― Richard Siken, Crush
    tags: little-beast, richard-siken
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    Paul Valéry
    “Omens, stars, roses, seasons, bodies and their most intricate love paths.”
    ― Paul Valéry
    tags: bodies, flowers, love, nature, omens, roses, seasons, stars
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    Anaïs Nin
    “Why does one’s best writing require secrecy, silence, and darkness?”
    ― Anaïs Nin
    tags: darkness, secrets, silence, writing
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    Guillaume Apollinaire
    “Oh my shadow. Oh my ancient serpent.”
    ― Guillaume Apollinaire, Alcools
    tags: ancient, serpent, shadow
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    Henry Miller
    “Wine isn’t strong enough. It’s blood I want.”
    ― Henry Miller, A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
    tags: letters
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    Carlo Levi
    “The future has an ancient heart.”
    ― Carlo Levi
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    Erica Jong
    “Your love, a sword made of moonlight and blood.”
    ― Erica Jong, Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected
    tags: blood, love, moonlight, sword
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    Charles Baudelaire
    “Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.”
    ― Charles Baudelaire
    tags: beauty, strangeness
    401 likes



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