Remember, Body... Quotes

“I have gazed so much on beauty
that my eyes overflow with it.”
― Constantine P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...

“But the old mirror that during all the many years / of its existence had looked upon / thousands of objects and faces, / the old mirror was happy now, / filled with the satisfaction that it had received, / if only for a few minutes, beauty in all its perfection.”
― Constantinos P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...

“You’ve been wholly transformed into feeling, for me.”
― Constantinos P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...

“I have fashioned you in joy and in sorrow, / through so many happenings, out of so many things.”
― Constantinos P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...

“Memory, keep those eyes just as they were. / And memory, whatever you can salvage of that passion of mine, / whatever you can, bring back to me tonight.”
― Constantinos P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...

“I allowed no restraint. I gave in completely and left. / I ran toward pleasures that were half real and half spun by my own mind. / I ran in the radiant night / and drank down strong wines, the kind / that champions of pleasure drink.”
― Constantinos P. Cavafy, Remember, Body...