Editors Pages Quotes

“But you are my nomad and I love you sideways daily. Sideways because I have to beam my love in all directions, hoping it bounces off something and eventually finds you.”
― Richard Siken, Editors Pages: The Long and Short of It

“... But you know how I am. I push too hard. I get ahead of myself. I keep ruining everything I touch by turning it into gold. But I'm learning how to be gentle. Even to the Vampires, poor little things. Save me save me love me love me there's a hole in my bucket etcetera. They don't know what they want but I give it to them anyway because why the hell not? Love, love, go ahead and have another plate of it, it doesn't run out.
Of course, I wonder if they love me back, which is, really, besides the point. I don't do it to be adored, I do it because my love keeps getting bigger and that's what happens.”
― Richard Siken, Editors Pages: The Long and Short of It

“So here we are again, words on a page, the voice that wants to be a hand, the bridge with no opposite side.”
― Richard Siken, Editors Pages: The Long and Short of It