#poetry

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went. ↗

— Paul Auster

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We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Get close to grass and you’ll see a star. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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