“Intense love always leads to mourning.”
Source: "For My Father", The Triumph of Achilles (1985)
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American poet 1943–2023Related quotes

“Mourning after an absent God is an evidence of a love as strong, as rejoicing in a present one.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 400.

This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“Love is to share intensely in everything and for everything.”
Original: (it) L'amore è condividersi intensamente in tutto e per tutto.
Source: prevale.net

On the strategies of the Clinton Global Initiative conference, as quoted in "Clinton global aid meeting gathers $1.25 bln" in The (Malaysian) Star (18 September 2005) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/18/worldupdates/2005-09-18T070527Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-216516-1&sec=Worldupdates
2000s
Context: The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy … The U. N. by contrast is sterile, overly concerned with protocol, overly formal, filled with set-piece speeches. This is what the U. N. in theory is supposed to be but can't.

““Murder is born in love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.” (Garden of Tortures)”

“We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away.”
Quote in Gainsborough's Letter to Henry Bate, 20th June 1787
1770 - 1788

“When love is intense, authentic and constant, happiness is a reflection.”
Original: Quando l'amore è intenso, autentico e costante, la felicità è un riflesso.
Source: prevale.net