I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDTo whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
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I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.
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What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you?
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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper – both of us – in ecstasy!
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I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.
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I shed more tears than God could ever have required.
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I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.
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And I am still alive-what though, my damnation is eternal. A man who deliberately mutilates himself is truly damned, is he not? I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am.
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The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea.
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My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
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The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.
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Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? – Through whose blood am I to wade ?
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I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun.
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