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Richard Siken quotes: He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand.

He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand.

Richard Siken quotes: We clutch our bellies and roll on the floor ... When I say this, it should mean laughter,not poison.

We clutch our bellies and roll on the floor ...
When I say this, it should mean laughter,
not poison.

Richard Siken quotes: Oh, the things we invent when we are scaredand want to be rescued.

Oh, the things we invent when we are scared
and want to be rescued.

Richard Siken quotes: Someone is digging your grave right now.

Someone is digging your grave right now.

Richard Siken quotes: Love on the water, love underwater, love, love and so on.

Love on the water, love underwater, love, love and so on.

Richard Siken quotes: The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we don't have that kind of time.

The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we don't have that kind of time.

Richard Siken quotes: I've been in your body, baby, and it was paradise.I've been in your body and it was a carnival ride.

I've been in your body, baby, and it was paradise.
I've been in your body and it was a carnival ride.

Richard Siken quotes: Tell me we're dead and I'll love you even more.

Tell me we're dead and I'll love you even more.

Richard Siken quotes: Did he find that one last tender place to sink his teeth in?

Did he find that one last tender place to sink his teeth in?

Richard Siken quotes: I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.

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

Richard Siken quotes: From the landscape: a sense of scale. From the dead: a sense of scale.

From the landscape: a sense of scale. From the dead: a sense of scale.

Richard Siken quotes: Dear Forgiveness,I saved a plate for you.

Dear Forgiveness,I saved a plate for you.

Richard Siken quotes: I'm bleeding, I'm not just making conversation.

I'm bleeding, I'm not just making conversation.

Richard Siken quotes: I am singing now while Rome burns.

I am singing now while Rome
burns.

Richard Siken quotes: Okay, so I'm the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero.

Okay, so I'm the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero.

Richard Siken quotes: When you have nothing to say, set something on fire.

When you have nothing to say,
set something on fire.

Richard Siken quotes: If you love me, Henry, you don't love me in a way I understand.

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

Richard Siken quotes: Here is the cake, and here is the fork, and here's the desire to put it inside us, and then the question behind every question: What happens next?

Here is the cake, and here is the fork, and here's the desire to put it inside us, and then the question behind every question: What happens next?

Richard Siken quotes: We laugh & it pits the world against us.

We laugh & it pits the world against us.

Richard Siken quotes: I don't really blame you for being dead but you can't have your sweater back.

I don't really blame you for being dead but you can't have your sweater back.

Richard Siken quotes: There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything you need. Now say hello.

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

Richard Siken quotes: You are here. You are here. You're still right here.

You are here. You are here. You're still right here.

Richard Siken quotes: Anything past the horizon is invisible, it can only be imagined. You want to see the future but you only see the sky.

Anything past the horizon is invisible, it can only be imagined. You want to see the future but you only see the sky.

Richard Siken quotes: You'd break your heart to make it bigger, so why not crack your skull when the mind swells.

You'd break your heart to make it bigger, so why not crack your skull when the mind swells.

Richard Siken quotes: Cut me open and the light streams out.Stitch me up and the light keeps streaming out between the stitches

Cut me open and the light streams out.
Stitch me up and the light keeps streaming out between the stitches

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

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

Richard Siken quotes: You a fever I am learning to live with

You a fever I am learning to live with

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

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

Richard Siken quotes: How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?

How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?

Richard Siken quotes: What is a ghost? Something dead that seems to be alive. Something dead that doesn't know it's dead.

What is a ghost?
Something dead
that seems to be alive.
Something dead
that doesn't know it's dead.

Richard Siken quotes: I'm battling monsters, I'm pulling you out of the burning buildings/ and you say I'll give you anything but you never come through.

I'm battling monsters, I'm pulling you out of the burning buildings/ and you say I'll give you anything but you never come through.

Richard Siken quotes: you're all I ever wanted and worth dying for too

you're all I ever wanted

and worth dying for too

Richard Siken quotes: Dear Forgiveness, you know that recentlywe have had our difficulties and there are many thingsI want to ask you.

Dear Forgiveness, you know that recently
we have had our difficulties and there are many things
I want to ask you.

Richard Siken quotes: Let's admit, without apology, what we do to each other.

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

Richard Siken quotes: If the dead are watching, I want them to see us writing, dancing, singing, painting. I want them to see that we still reach out to each other.

If the dead are watching, I want them to see us writing, dancing, singing, painting. I want them to see that we still reach out to each other.

Richard Siken quotes: Moonlight making crosses on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.

Moonlight making crosses on your body, and me putting my mouth on every one.

Richard Siken quotes: We are at the crossroads, my little outlaw,and this is the map of my heart, the landscapeafter cruelty

We are at the crossroads, my little outlaw,
and this is the map of my heart, the landscape
after cruelty

Richard Siken quotes: Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it?

Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it?

Richard Siken quotes: but more frequently I was finding myself sleepless and he was running out of lullabies

but more frequently I was finding myself sleepless and he was running out of lullabies

Richard Siken quotes: God says, Which one of you fuckers can get to me first?

God says, Which one of you fuckers can get to me first?

Richard Siken quotes: I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.

I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.

Richard Siken quotes: What can you know about a person? They shift in the light. You can't light up all sides at once.

What can you know about a person? They shift in the light. You can't light up all sides at once.

Richard Siken quotes: You just wanted to prove there was one safe place, just one safe place where you could love him. You have not found that place yet.

You just wanted to prove there was one safe place, just one safe place where you could love him. You have not found that place yet.

Richard Siken quotes: The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through.

The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through.

Richard Siken quotes: Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.

Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.
I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.

Richard Siken quotes: Someone once told me that explaining is an admission of failure.I'm sure you remember, I was on the phone with you, sweetheart.

Someone once told me that explaining is an admission of failure.
I'm sure you remember, I was on the phone with you, sweetheart.

Richard Siken quotes: The boy's no good. The boy is just no good. / but he takes you in his arms and pushes your flesh around to see if you could ever be

The boy's no good. The boy is just no good. / but he takes you in his arms and pushes your flesh around to see if you could ever be ugly to him.

Richard Siken quotes: We laugh & it pits the world against us.

We laugh & it pits the world against us.

Richard Siken quotes: I wanted to hurt you / but the victory is that I could not stomach it.

I wanted to hurt you / but the victory is that I could not stomach it.

Richard Siken quotes: You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happeningat the wrong end of a very long tunnel.

You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happening
at the wrong end of a very long tunnel.

Richard Siken quotes: Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.

Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.

Richard Siken quotes: Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else.

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

Richard Siken quotes: Verse. Chorus. Verse. I'm sorry. We know how it works. The world is no longer mysterious.

Verse. Chorus. Verse.
I'm sorry. We know how it works. The world is no longer mysterious.

Richard Siken quotes: Love always wakes the dragon and suddenly flames everywhere.

Love always wakes the dragon and suddenly flames everywhere.

Richard Siken quotes: Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lakeand dress them in warm clothes again.

Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake
and dress them in warm clothes again.

Richard Siken quotes: You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.

You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.

Richard Siken quotes: I take off my hands and I give them to you but you don't want them, so I take them back and put them on the wrong way, the wrong

I take off my hands and I give them to you but you don't want them, so I take them back and put them on the wrong way, the wrong wrists.