“From the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.”
Source: "First Memory", Ararat (1990)
Louise Glück: 10 citations0 J'aime
Louise Glück: Citations en anglais
“I caution you as I was never cautioned
you will never let go, you will never be satiated.”
Source: "The Sensual World", The Seven Ages (2001)
“We look at the world once, in childhood.
The rest is memory.”
Louise Glück livre Meadowlands
Source: Meadowlands (1996), "Nostos"
“The soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.”
Source: "Child Crying Out", Ararat (1990)
“Intense love always leads to mourning.”
Source: "For My Father", The Triumph of Achilles (1985)
“Of two sisters
one is always the watcher,
one the dancer.”
Louise Glück Descending Figure
Source: "Tango", Descending Figure (1980)
Source: As quoted in "Poet Laureate: Louise Glück and the Public Face of a Private Artist" https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/opinion/editorial-observer-poet-laureate-louise-gluck-public-face-private-artist.html by Andrew Johnston, The New York Times (November 4, 2003)
“The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.”
Source: "Against Sincerity", in American Poetry Review, Vol. XXII, No. 5 (1993), p. 29
