Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

“The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.”

“Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.”

“The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.”

“War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.”

“We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.”

“No, you listen! All my life, you've told me that the world is a dark, cruel place. But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!”

“So you're giving up? That's it? Okay, okay. We'll leave you alone, Quasimodo. We just thought, maybe you're made up of something much stronger.”

“The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.”

“I'm nothing but envious that you've been happily married for two years. Try hauling your cookies on a new blind date every Friday, only to have your, already extremely low, expectations dashed as you meet men who look like Quasimodo and have Homer Simpson's IQ. ”

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