Different Hours Quotes

“I'll say I love you,

Which will lead, of course,
to disappointment,
but those words unsaid

poison every next moment.
I will try to disappoint you
better than anyone else has.”
― Stephen Dunn, Different Hours

“Altruism is for those
who can't endure their desires.
There's a world

as ambiguous as a moan,
a pleasure moan
our earnest neighbors

might think a crime.
It's where we could live.
I'll say I love you,

Which will lead, of course,
to disappointment,
but those words unsaid

poison every next moment.
I will try to disappoint you
better than anyone else has.

--Mon Semblable”
― Stephen Dunn, Different Hours

“I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches.
A heart is to be spent.”
― Stephen Dunn, Different Hours

“I will try to disappoint you
better than anyone else has.”
― Stephen Dunn, Different Hours

“Anyone out without the excuse of a dog
should be handcuffed
and searched for loneliness.”
― Stephen Dunn, Different Hours