“And so long as you haven't experienced this: to die and so to grow, you are only a troubled stranger on the dark earth.”
― Selected Poetry
― Selected Poetry
“We name us and then we are lost, tamed
I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness”
― Mysteries of Small Houses
I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness”
― Mysteries of Small Houses
“He thought in other heads, and in his own, others besides himself thought”
― The Threepenny Opera
― The Threepenny Opera
“Wer das Dichten will verstehen,
muß ins Land der Dichtung gehen;
wer den Dichter will verstehen,
muß in Dichters Lande gehen.”
― West-Eastern Divan: Complete, annotated new translation
muß ins Land der Dichtung gehen;
wer den Dichter will verstehen,
muß in Dichters Lande gehen.”
― West-Eastern Divan: Complete, annotated new translation
“Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be called Communists”
― In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday
― In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday
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