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Richard Siken Quotes

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Richard Siken

Richard Siken

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Nationality United States Of America

Occupations Poet

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I do believe his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

Intimacy Love and Passion love quotes Kisses

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I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

Unsaid Things Regret Silence

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Personally, I’m a mess of conflicting impulses — I’m independent and greedy and I also want to belong and share and be a part of the whole.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

Confusion Impulse Decisions Personality

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I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

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Everyone needs a place. It shouldn’t be inside of someone else.

— Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

Needs Desire Love Freedom

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I do believe his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars.

— Richard Siken, Crush

Passionate love quotes Poetic Symbolism

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Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars
for you?

— Richard Siken, Snow And Dirty Rain

Love Poetry Stars

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I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

Sleep Dream Lie poem

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Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.

— Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

Love Love & Relationships Relationships Death life & death Life

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I surrender my desire for a logical culmination. I surrender my desire to be healed. The blurriness of being alive.

— Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

Surrender Give Up

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Personally, I’m a mess of conflicting impulses — I’m independent and greedy and I also want to belong and share and be a part of the whole.

— Richard Siken, Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

greedy Impulse Independent part of the whole

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These are the dreams we should be having. I shouldn’t have to clean them up like this.

— Richard Siken, Crush

Poetry Dreams Love Relationships Loss Break Up

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Accidents never happen when the room is empty. Everyone understands this. Everyone needs a place. People like to think war means something.

— Richard Siken, DETAIL OF THE FIRE

Poetry humanity Psychology

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The paint doesn’t move the way the light reflects,
so what’s there to be faithful to? I am faithful
to you, darling. I say it to the paint.

— Richard Siken, The Way The Light Reflects

Faithful Light Reflecting Being Faithful Permanence

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Let's admit, without apology, what we do to each other.

— Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

Apologizing Apology forgiveness Relationships Love & Relationships Love

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All the cows were falling out of the sky and landing in the mud.
You were drinking sangria and I was throwing oranges at you,
but it didn't matter.
I said my arms are very long and your head's on fire.
I said kiss me here and here and here
and you did.

— Richard Siken, Crush

Poetry Dreams Love

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We are all going forward. None of us are going back.

— Richard Siken, Crush

Poetry Writing Moving Forward Life Progress

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The way you slam your body into mine reminds me
I'm alive.

— Richard Siken, Snow And Dirty Rain

Love Poetry Sex Passion

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Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multi-vocal, bittersweet. I used to think that if I dug deep enough to discover something sad and ugly, I’d know it was something true. Now I’m trying to dig deeper. I didn’t want to write these pages until there were no hard feelings, no sharp ones. I do not have that luxury. I am sad and angry and I want everyone to be alive again. I want more landmarks, less landmines. I want to be grateful but I’m having a hard time with it.

— Richard Siken, Crush

Feelings Digging Deeper

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