Quotes by : Richard Siken

He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chestwhere a heart would fit....

But damn if there isn't anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, a bottle of pills.....

There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything....

Dear Forgiveness, you know that recentlywe have had our difficulties and there are many thingsI want....

This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish.....

If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand.

A man walks into a bar and says: Take my wife–please. So you do. You take her out into the rain and....

Who am I? I'm just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future. Sure,....

Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying.....

We pull our boots on with both handsbut we can't punch ourselves awake and all I can do is stand on the....