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The First Four Books of Poems
Louise Glück
Top 10 Best Quotes
“How short it seemed, that lifetime of waiting-- this red star blazing over the bay was all the light of his childhood that had followed him here. [from 'The End of the World. I. Terra Nova']”
“As for her mother's tears: ridiculous, and yet mothers weep at their daughters' weddings, everyone knows that, though for whose youth one cannot say. [from 'Morning']”
“...envy is a dance, too; the need to hurt binds you to your partner. [from 'Tango']”
“We’ve been apart too long, too painfully separated. How can you bear to dream,—
“Unfortunate being, have you ceased to feel the grandeur of the world that, like a heavy weight, shaped the soul of my grandfather?”
“Unfortunate being, have you ceased to feel the grandeur of the world that, like a heavy weight, shaped the soul of my grandfather? [from 'Legend']”
“Though the great soul is said to be a star, a beacon, what it resembles better is a diamond: in the whole world there is nothing hard enough to change it. [from 'Legend']”
“The brave are patient. They are the priests of sunrise, lions on the ramparts, the promontory. [from 'From the Japanese']”
“Only victims have a destiny. [from 'Liberation']”
“O pitiful, so needing God's furious love--- [from 'Nocturne']”
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