Yánnis Rítsos citations

“I know that each one of us travels to love alone,
alone to faith and to death.
I know it. I’ve tried it. It doesn’t help.
Let me come with you.”

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Yiannis Ritsos

Source: The Moonlight Sonata

“When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano…”

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Yiannis Ritsos

Source: The Fourth Dimension

“All the words are not enough to get anything said.”

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Yiannis Ritsos