Be young forever, seasons of the earth.
CZESLAW MILOSZIt was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants of many European countries came, in general unpleasantly, to the realization that their fate could be influenced directly by intricate and abstruse books of philosophy.
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From life, from the apple cut by the flaming knife, what grain will be saved? My son, believe me, nothing remains, Only adult toil, the furrow of fate in the palm. Only toil, Nothing more.
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Our memory is childish and it saves only what we need.
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All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.
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You who think of us: they lived only in delusion, Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!
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And now I am ready to keep running When the sun rises beyond the borderlands of death. I already see mountain ridges in the heavenly forest Where, beyond every essence, a new essence awaits.
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I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols.
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Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.
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At every sunrise I renounce the doubts of night and greet the new day of a most precious delusion.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.
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I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real.
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Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
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The true enemy of man is generalization.
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Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.
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The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters.
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