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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Related quotes to Richard Siken tagged Unsaid Things, Silence, Desire

She had always kept things to herself. That was one sure truth.

— Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Unsaid Things Fear Keeping Things To Yourself Secrets Elusive

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We try so hard to hide everything we’re really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most.

— Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday

Unsaid Things Love Regrets Hiding Feelings

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Loneliness does not come from being alone, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important.

— C. G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Unsaid Things Loneliness Solitude Introversion

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I will never say the things that I want to say to you. I know the damage it would do. I love you more than I hate my loneliness and pain.

— Henry Rollins, Solipsist

Unsaid Things Courage Weakness Love Pain

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It was terrible. All of the things we couldn’t share. The room was filled with conversations we weren’t having.

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

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Here I sit and there you are lying; we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.

— Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

Silence Forbidden Unsaid Feelings

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Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.

— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Unsaid Feelings Silence Not knowing what to say

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Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.

— Pearl S. Buck, A quote by Pearl S. Buck

little things opportunities Small joys Happiness Goals Desire

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You fall in love with the little things about someone, like the sound of their laughter and the way their smile forms.

— The Weeknd, Twitter

Appreciation of Small Things Falling In Love Romantic Romantic Feelings Love

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Sometimes things make more sense the second time around. People change, you change and the universe changes, if we keep ourselves confined to first chances only, we will truly miss out on some of the most beautiful things in life. — Rania Naim

Sometimes things make more sense the second time around. People change, you change and the universe changes, if we keep ourselves confined to first chances only, we will truly miss out on some of the most beautiful things in life.

— Rania Naim, Why I’ll Always Believe In The Power Of Second Chances

Second Chances Redemption Love Change Beautiful Things In Life Missing Out

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