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Charles Simic Quotes: To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions.
         

To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions.


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Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.



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The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.



He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.



The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.



The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.



Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.



When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.



Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.



If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.



One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.





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