It was the voice of mad seas, roaring immense, That shattered your infant breast, too soft, too human.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDI have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.
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What an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
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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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O seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws? All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all.
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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn.
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Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
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What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you?
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I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
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I wrote silences; nights; I recorded the unnameable.
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I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent.
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Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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