Poetry Quote by Richard Siken — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“We pull our boots on with both hands”

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

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

“You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. And you feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired. You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you didn’t even have a name for.”

“I know history. There are many names in history”

“You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.”

“Life without strife is a rose without thorns.”

“أغارُ عليكَ”

“I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who dare not feel”

“I’ve been here before, dreaming myself”

“I opened my veins. Unstoppably”

“I notice you have the assault proof vest -”