Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don’t know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDThe only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
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And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! – But the great Faith is Love!
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Eternity is the sun mixed with the sea.
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But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
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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 went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.
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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
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But the problem is to make the soul into a monster
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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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I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent.
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I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.
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As for me, I am intact; and I don’t care.
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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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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.
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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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