Poetry always runs away from you – its very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it. – Abbas Kiarostami
The pleasure that poetry gives is that of imagining more than is written; the task is divided between the poet and his reader. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. – Chinese Proverb
