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Li-Young Lee quotes: And of all the rooms in my childhood,God was the largestand most empty.

And of all the rooms in my childhood,
God was the largest
and most empty.

Li-Young Lee quotes: The earth is flat. Those who fall off don't return. The earth is round. All things reveal themselves to men only gradually. I

The earth is flat. Those who fall off don't return. The earth is round. All things reveal themselves to men only gradually. I

Li-Young Lee quotes: Maybe being winged means being wounded by infinity.

Maybe being winged means being wounded by infinity.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Memory is sweet.Even when it's painful, memory is sweet.

Memory is sweet.
Even when it's painful, memory is sweet.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.

Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Poetry is the language of extremity. Poetry is a transfer of potency. You feel something potent and then you transfer it onto the page.

Poetry is the language of extremity. Poetry is a transfer of potency. You feel something potent and then you transfer it onto the page.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Every time you write a poem it's apocalyptic. You're revealing who you really are to yourself.

Every time you write a poem it's apocalyptic. You're revealing who you really are to yourself.

Li-Young Lee quotes: People who read poetry have heard about the burning bush, but when you write poetry, you sit inside the burning bush.

People who read poetry have heard about the burning bush, but when you write poetry, you sit inside the burning bush.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Some things never leave a person: scent of the hair of one you love, the texture of persimmons, in your palm, the ripe weight.

Some things never leave a person:
scent of the hair of one you love,
the texture of persimmons,
in your palm, the ripe weight.

Li-Young Lee quotes: We suffer each other to have each other a while.

We suffer each other to have each other a while.

Li-Young Lee quotes: And I never believed that the multitude / of dreams and many words were vain.

And I never believed that the multitude / of dreams and many words were vain.

Li-Young Lee quotes: The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not.

The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not.

Li-Young Lee quotes: The knowledge that it takes to write a poem gets burnt up in the writing of the poem.

The knowledge that it takes to write a poem gets burnt up in the writing of the poem.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Moonlight and high wind.Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.

Moonlight and high wind.
Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.

Li-Young Lee quotes: I am that last, that final thing, the body in a white sheet listening,

I am that last, that final thing, the body in a white sheet listening,

Li-Young Lee quotes: A poem is like a score for the human voice.

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

Li-Young Lee quotes: But, no one can tell without ceaseour humanstory, and so we lose, lose

But, no one
can tell without cease
our human
story, and so we
lose, lose

Li-Young Lee quotes: In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.

In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.

Li-Young Lee quotes: While all bodies share the same fate, all voices do not.

While all bodies share the same fate, all voices do not.

Li-Young Lee quotes: Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?

Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?

Li-Young Lee quotes: Memory revises me.

Memory revises me.