Aaron Weiss: Trending quotes

“Her soul in the balance, my heart in her hands
I made her a widow, she made me a man.”

Aaron Weiss

We Know Who Our Enemies Are.
A→B Life (2002)

Soul , Heart

“Given my tendency to err so on the sentimental side,
I'll spare you my goodbyes:
The truth belongs to God,
The mistakes were mine.”

Aaron Weiss

In a Market Dimly Lit.
Brother, Sister (2006)

God , Truth

“When the dryness and the rain finally drink from one another
The gentle cup of mutually surrendered tears!”

Aaron Weiss

The Dryness and the Rain.
Brother, Sister (2006)

Drink , Tear

“You've got it all turned upside-down.
Does the rain that's sent each spring anew to fall on her not fall on you?
You project on her your inward scenes, she's a blank, external movie screen.
But the One who looks out from your eyes looks through hers and through mine.”

Aaron Weiss

Bullet to Binary (Pt.2).
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

Spring

“The Donkey whispered in His ear:
"Child, in thirty-some-odd years,
You'll ride someone that looks like me (untriumphantly)."”

Aaron Weiss

A Stick, a Carrot and String.
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

“I was floating in a peaceful sea, rescued by a sinking ship.”

Aaron Weiss

January 1979.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

Peace , Sea

“A fish swims through the sea
While the sea is in a certain sense,
Contained within the fish!
Oh, what am I to think
Of what the writing of a thousand lifetimes
Could not explain
If all the forest trees were pens
And all the oceans - ink?”

Aaron Weiss

The Dryness and the Rain.
Brother, Sister (2006)

Thinking , Sense , Fish , Tree

“I said "water" expecting the Word would satisfy my thirst,
Talking all about the second and third
When I haven't understood the first.”

Aaron Weiss

My Exit, Unfair.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

Water

“You wear a thin disguise,
O, Light within my Brother's eyes!”

Aaron Weiss

Every Thought a Thought of You.
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

Light

“So may we old-fashionably suggest the Unmarried not undress?”

Aaron Weiss

Bullet to Binary (Pt.2).
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

Fashion

“So turn your ears, you musicians, to silence
Because they only come out when it's quiet,
Their tails brushing over your eyelids…
Oh, wake up, sleepers, and rise from the dead!”

Aaron Weiss

The Soviet.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

Silence , Dead

“Elephant refused to swear the oath,
Said, "I don't know anything about truth,
but I know falsehood when I see it,
and it looks like this whole world you've made"”

Aaron Weiss

Elephant in the Dock.
Ten Stories

Truth , World

“Caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives,
And heard me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughters,
I'd set my course for land, but you well understand
It takes a steady hand to navigate adulterous waters.”

Aaron Weiss

Messes of Men.
Brother, Sister (2006)

Understanding , Water , Daughters

“The Angel of Death came to David's room,
He said, "Friend, it's time to go."”

Aaron Weiss

The Angel of Death Came to David's Room.
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

Death , Angels , Time

“Daniel broke the king's decree,
Peter stepped from the ship to the sea,
There was hope for Job like a cut down tree,
I hope that there's such hope for me.”

Aaron Weiss

The Sun and the Moon.
Brother, Sister (2006)

Hope , Tree , Sea

“Why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar?”

Aaron Weiss

Torches Together.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

“The needle's worn the grooves too deep!”

Aaron Weiss

In a Market Dimly Lit.
Brother, Sister (2006)

“Who's ever heard of a singer criticized by his song?”

Aaron Weiss

Four-Word Letter, Pt 2.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

“But I slew Goliath with the sling and stone,
It's not my time to go.”

Aaron Weiss

The Angel of Death Came to David's Room.
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

Time

“Let’s return now to the dust as the dust we are”

Aaron Weiss

February 1878.
Ten Stories