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Jack Gilbert Quotes

The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at Picture Quote #1

Question the bravery. Say it’s not courage. Call it a passion Picture Quote #1

I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn’t think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don’t have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today Picture Quote #1

WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening. There is twilight at dawn and dusk. I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me now is a beginning or an end Picture Quote #1

Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns gone gray And yellow A terrible amber. In the cold streets Your warm body. In whatever room Your warm body. Among all the people Your absence The people who are always Not you. I have been easy with trees Too long. Too familiar with mountains. Joy has been a habit. Now Suddenly This rain Picture Quote #1

But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island while love was fading out of her, the stars burning so extravagantly those nights that anyone could tell you they would never last Picture Quote #1

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The heart lies to itself because it must Picture Quote #1

I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can Picture Quote #1

We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars Picture Quote #1

What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds Picture Quote #1

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her Picture Quote #1

I’m vain enough to think that I’ve made a successful life. I’ve had everything I’ve ever wanted. You can’t beat that Picture Quote #1

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We are resident inside with the machinery, a glimmering spread throughout the apparatus. We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones. The flesh is a neighborhood, but not the life Picture Quote #1

I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn’t think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don’t have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today Picture Quote #1

Fame is a lot of fun, but it’s not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn’t have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring Picture Quote #1

How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite Picture Quote #1

We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day Picture Quote #1

We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration that is present without being felt. Nothing the spirit can marry. Merely phenomenon and its physics. An endless, endless of going on. No habitat where the brain can recognize itself. No pertinence for the heart. Helpless duplication Picture Quote #1

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We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world Picture Quote #1

Duende I can’t remember her name. It’s not as though I’ve been in bed with that many women. The truth is I can’t even remember her face. I kind of know how strong her thighs were, and her beauty. But what I won’t forget is the way she tore open the barbecued chicken with her hands, and wiped the grease on her breasts Picture Quote #1

We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones Picture Quote #1

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The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at (Jack Gilbert Quotes) Question the bravery. Say it’s not courage. Call it a passion. (Jack Gilbert Quotes) I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn’t think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don’t have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today. (Jack Gilbert Quotes) WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening. There is twilight at dawn and dusk. I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me now is a beginning or an end (Jack Gilbert Quotes) Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns gone gray And yellow A terrible amber. In the cold streets Your warm body. In whatever room Your warm body. Among all the people Your absence The people who are always Not you. I have been easy with trees Too long. Too familiar with mountains. Joy has been a habit. Now Suddenly This rain (Jack Gilbert Quotes) But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island while love was fading out of her, the stars burning so extravagantly those nights that anyone could tell you they would never last (Jack Gilbert Quotes) The heart lies to itself because it must (Jack Gilbert Quotes) I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars (Jack Gilbert Quotes) What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds (Jack Gilbert Quotes) Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her (Jack Gilbert Quotes) I’m vain enough to think that I’ve made a successful life. I’ve had everything I’ve ever wanted. You can’t beat that (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We are resident inside with the machinery, a glimmering spread throughout the apparatus. We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones. The flesh is a neighborhood, but not the life (Jack Gilbert Quotes) I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn’t think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don’t have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today (Jack Gilbert Quotes) Fame is a lot of fun, but it’s not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn’t have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring (Jack Gilbert Quotes) How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration that is present without being felt. Nothing the spirit can marry. Merely phenomenon and its physics. An endless, endless of going on. No habitat where the brain can recognize itself. No pertinence for the heart. Helpless duplication (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world (Jack Gilbert Quotes) Duende I can’t remember her name. It’s not as though I’ve been in bed with that many women. The truth is I can’t even remember her face. I kind of know how strong her thighs were, and her beauty. But what I won’t forget is the way she tore open the barbecued chicken with her hands, and wiped the grease on her breasts (Jack Gilbert Quotes) We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones (Jack Gilbert Quotes)