Blizzard of One Quotes

“No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“From the shadow of domes in the city of domes,
A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room
And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up
From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That's all
There was to it.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“What we desire, more than a season or weather, is the comfort
Of being strangers, at least to ourselves.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“Time slips by; our sorrows do not turn into poems,
And what is invisible stays that way.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“                And into the close and mirrored catacombs of sleep
We'll fall, and there in the faded light discover the bones,
The dust, the bitter remains of someone who might have been
                    Had we not taken his place.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“Tell me, you people out there, what is poetry anyway?
Can anyone die without even a little?”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“Nobody sees it happening, but the architecture of our time
Is becoming the architecture of the next time.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“Life should be more

Than the body’s weight working itself from room to room.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“For soon the leaves,
Having gone black, would fall, and the annulling snow

Would pillow the walk, and we, with shovels in hand, would meet,
Bow, and scrape the sidewalk clean. What else would there be

This late in the day for us but desire to make amends
And start again, the sun’s compassion as it disappears.”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain. ― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One (‎ Knopf, February 8, 2000)”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One

“Will the same day ever come back, and with it Our amazement at having been in it, or will only a dark haze Spread at the back of the mind, erasing events, one after The other, so brief they may have been lost to begin with?”
― Mark Strand, Blizzard of One