Poetry Quote by Gabriela Mistral — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I am Cassandra—she who, without asking,”

“Because she—you hear her—she's calling,”

“when man determined to destroy”

“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”

“What do they think has happened, the old fools,”

“Ozymandias”

“I know wherever you are, there are poems.”

“I fancied my luck to be witnessing yet another full moon. True, I’d seen hundreds of full moons in my life, but they were not limitless. When one starts thinking of the full moon as a common sight that will come again to one’s eyes ad-infinitum, the value of life is diminished and life goes by uncherished. ‘This may be my last moon,’ I sighed, feeling a sudden sweep of sorrow; and went back to reading more of The Odyssey.”