The Owner of My Face Quotes

“an axiom of sorcery: If you come to know yourself
no one else can know you”
― Rodney Hall, The Owner of My Face: New & Selected Poems

“It is our fate to give ourselves most lavishly
to those who'd rather not be burdened with the gift”
― Rodney Hall, The Owner of My Face: New & Selected Poems

“Tomorrow I'll suggest the liar lies against himself
So our condition makes escape impossible?
-- we breathe

and it's moving air that causes stars to twinkle”
― Rodney Hall, The Owner of My Face: New & Selected Poems