The Stranger Quotes

“stars, Where did such anguish come from?”   And the stars tell him, The stars tell him everything.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry of Alexander Blok

“I once stirred thunder in the skies, And now, unlike the days of yore - Just tears in a drunken poet’s eyes And laughter - from some whore.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry of Alexander Blok

“You see, I’m – a writer,
A man, who calls everything by its name,
And steals the aroma from a living flower.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry

“Inside my soul, the spring of love
Will not replace the stormy weather.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry

“Without remorse, you calmly thrust your knife
Into each heart that shared its love with you.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry

“Because of my chains and because of your spell,
And the family curse that still haunts us as well.”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry

“...the nearing resurrection
Of dreary, melancholy days…”
― Alexander Blok, The Stranger: Selected Poetry