Language is more alive than ever. There is a debate between conservatives and liberals, there are discussions about inclusive language and the validation of emojis in official texts. Many will write without following spelling rules, without accents or commas, but without a doubt, We are at the time when more people write and read, whether they are tweets or posts on Instagram.
Not everything written can be art, but what happens when language crosses that barrier? Poetry shows us that letters, in their apparently infinite capacity to create, can be cathartic, solve existential doubts, create others, convince undecided hearts and heal wounds that the soul did not believe capable of overcoming.
These quotes show what poetry can be capable of.
“The ‘forever’ is made of many ‘now’”.
“Lovers are silent. Love is the finest silence, the most trembling, the most unbearable.
“Poetry is nothing other than the revolt of man against reason.”
“Poetry was a luxury object, but for us it is an article of first necessity: we cannot live without poetry.”
The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with its gaze.
“Perfection is a polished collection of mistakes.”
“Love is the longing to get out of oneself.”
“Why, if love is the opposite of war, is it a war itself?”
“Beware of sadness, it’s a vice.”
“Poetry is not you because if you existed, I would have to exist too. And that’s a lie.”
“Death doesn’t exist, people only die when they forget it; if you can remember me, I’ll always be with you.”
“There are defeats that have more dignity than a victory.”
“Do not let your enthusiasm extinguish, a virtue as valuable as it is necessary; work, aspire, always tend towards the height”.
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and makes the present inaccessible.”
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
Words that streak through our fragile mind, igniting every part of our being and reminding us of what it means to be alive. Or as Franz Kafka would say: “A book must be the ax that breaks the frozen sea within us.”
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Phrases of life
psychology and mind