Quotes Tagged With :sappho

Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me,Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature….

You write poetry?" Klaus asked.He had read a lot about poets but had never met one."Just a little bit,"....

You are arrogant," says the cat, "and you are in love. Either one of these things alone might be overcome,....

The inextinguishable lesbian spark. You've surely heard about it? The one that was first ignited at Lesbos,....

Wealth without real worthinessIs no good for the neighbourhood

And now it is said of meThat my love is nothing because I have borne no children, Or because I have fathered....

It's in my blood, as magic is in yours." His mouth is still smiling, but his tone is somber. "I couldn't....

Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also.....

Sacredness and profanity and prayers and wishes: they're all held together by the broken limbs of this....

If I could, I would live forever in this moment. But no one can live in a moment, and time moves on.