Anne Michaels: Likeness

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“There's a moment when love makes you believe in death for the first time. You recognize the one whose loss, even contemplated, you'll carry forever, like a sleeping child. All grief, anyone's grief… is the weight of a sleeping child.”

Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

Love , Death , Sleep , Loss

“Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can push me back into the world.”

Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

World

“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”

Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

Kiss , Reading