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Louise Gluck quotes: The master said You must write what you see.But what I see does not move me.The master answered Change what you see.

The master said You must write what you see.
But what I see does not move me.
The master answered Change what you see.

Louise Gluck quotes: The powerful are always lied to since the weak are always driven to panic

The powerful are always lied to since the weak are always driven to panic

Louise Gluck quotes: Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.

Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.

Louise Gluck quotes: I preferred the simplest vocabulary.

I preferred the simplest vocabulary.

Louise Gluck quotes: It is very difficult to win. It's not in my script.

It is very difficult to win. It's not in my script.

Louise Gluck quotes: Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.

Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.

Louise Gluck quotes: The love of form is a love of endings.

The love of form is a love of endings.

Louise Gluck quotes: I pretended indifference ... even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.

I pretended indifference ... even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.

Louise Gluck quotes: Intense love always leads to mourning.

Intense love always leads to mourning.

Louise Gluck quotes: They sat far apartdeliberately, to experience, daily,the sweetness of seeing each other acrossgreat distance.

They sat far apart
deliberately, to experience, daily,
the sweetness of seeing each other across
great distance.

Louise Gluck quotes: The sound of the sea - just memory now.

The sound of the sea - just memory now.

Louise Gluck quotes: Why do I not forget?

Why do I not forget?

Louise Gluck quotes: Birth, not death, is the hard loss.

Birth, not death, is the hard loss.

Louise Gluck quotes: Tell me this is the future,I won't believe you.Tell me I'm living,I won't believe you.

Tell me this is the future,
I won't believe you.
Tell me I'm living,
I won't believe you.

Louise Gluck quotes: The soul is silent.If it speaks at allit speaks in dreams.

The soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.

Louise Gluck quotes: From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

Louise Gluck quotes: At the end of my suffering/there was a door.

At the end of my suffering/there was a door.

Louise Gluck quotes: We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

Louise Gluck quotes: I have no concern with widening audience.

I have no concern with widening audience.

Louise Gluck quotes: I'm like the child who buries her head in the pillow so as not to see, the child who tells herself that light causes sadness -

I'm like the child who buries
her head in the pillow
so as not to see, the child who tells herself
that light causes sadness -

Louise Gluck quotes: Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. One more tale to stay alive.

Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. One more tale to stay alive.

Louise Gluck quotes: You're not a creature in body.You exist as the stars exist,participating in their stillness, their immensity.

You're not a creature in body.
You exist as the stars exist,
participating in their stillness, their immensity.

Louise Gluck quotes: The great thingis not havinga mind. Feelings:oh, I have those;they govern me.

The great thing
is not having
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those;
they govern me.

Louise Gluck quotes: The unsaid, for me, exerts great power...

The unsaid, for me, exerts great power...

Louise Gluck quotes: How can I know you love meunless I see you grieve over me?

How can I know you love me
unless I see you grieve over me?

Louise Gluck quotes: The air had become heavy, not because it had greater substance, but because there was nothing left to breathe.

The air had become heavy, not because it had greater substance, but because there was nothing left to breathe.

Louise Gluck quotes: I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added.

I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added.

Louise Gluck quotes: I think I can remember being dead. Many times, in winter, I approached Zeus. Tell me, I would ask him, how can I endure the earth?

I think I can remember being dead. Many times, in winter, I approached Zeus. Tell me, I would ask him, how can I endure the earth?

Louise Gluck quotes: Honor the words that enter and attach to your brain.

Honor the words that enter and attach to your brain.

Louise Gluck quotes: And he lay on the cold floor of the study watching the wind stirring the pages, mixing the written and unwritten, the end among them.

And he lay on the cold floor of the study watching the wind stirring the pages, mixing the written and unwritten, the end among them.

Louise Gluck quotes: Whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice.

Whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice.

Louise Gluck quotes: You saved me, you should remember me.

You saved me, you should remember me.

Louise Gluck quotes: And then, suddenly, something is over.

And then, suddenly, something is over.

Louise Gluck quotes: At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.

At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.

Louise Gluck quotes: Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present.

Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present.

Louise Gluck quotes: crying yes risk joy

crying yes risk joy

Louise Gluck quotes: Why love what you will lose?There is nothing else to love.

Why love what you will lose?
There is nothing else to love.

Louise Gluck quotes: What was difficultwas the travel, which,on arrival, is forgotten.

What was difficult
was the travel, which,
on arrival, is forgotten.

Louise Gluck quotes: To raise the veil. To see what you're saying goodbye to.

To raise the veil. To see what you're saying goodbye to.

Louise Gluck quotes: I don't live with earplugs. I don't like the spotlight - but I like overhearing conversations.

I don't live with earplugs. I don't like the spotlight - but I like overhearing conversations.

Louise Gluck quotes: I thought my life was over and my heart was broken. Then I moved to Cambridge.

I thought my life was over and my heart was broken.

Then I moved to Cambridge.

Louise Gluck quotes: It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected.

It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected.