“Tell me, is the rose naked
or is that her only dress?
Why do trees conceal
the splendor of their roots?
Who hears the regrets
of the thieving automobile?
Is there anything in the world sadder
than a train standing in the rain?”
Source: The Book of Questions
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Pablo Neruda 136
Chilean poet 1904–1973Related quotes
“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”
“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”
that's another fact.
Apart from that, both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets — neither of us have any. Look here — I believe without question, or have the certain knowledge, that she loves me. I believe without question, or have the certain knowledge, that I love her. It has been sincerely meant. But has it also been foolish, etc?
Perhaps, if you like — but aren't the wise ones, those who never do anything foolish, even more foolish in my eyes than I am in theirs?
1880s, 1884, Letter to Theo (Nuenen, Oct. 1884)
“By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave?”
Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?”
http://www.skygod.com/quotes/lastwords.html
Artemus Ward, His Travels http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/eafbin2/toccer-eaf?id=Weaf483&tag=public&data=/www/data/eaf2/private/texts&part=0, Lecture (1865).
“The beauty of a naked body is felt only by the dressed races.”
Ibid., p. 75
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A beleza de um corpo nu só o sentem as raças vestidas.
