Selected Prose and Poetry Quotes

“At noon I must have been conceived,
at noon I must have come into the world,
and from my childhood I have loved the beaming radiance of the sun.
One day I looked upon your eyes
and I became indifferent to the sun:
why should I adore a single sun
now that two of them are mine?

From "Love" in Alexandrian Songs”
― Mikhail Kuzmin, Selected Prose and Poetry

“And men saw that beauty and love in all their forms are of the gods, and they became free and brave, and they grew wings…

Wings”
― Mikhail Kuzmin, Selected Prose and Poetry

“Today, as I watched the red calico sunset behind the mill, it occurred to me how much cruelty there is at the heart of every happiness.

From A Hunter's Repast”
― Mikhail Kuzmin, Selected Prose and Poetry