The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing Quotes

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You could string a hundred endless days together, My soul would find no comfort from this pain. You laugh at my tale? You may be educated But you haven’t learned to love till you’re insane

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

From "Blasphemy and the Core" Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains, drinking poison, and now quietly choosing annihilation.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Your faces are very beautiful, but they are wooden cages. You had better run from me. My words are fire.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry.

The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing