"And this we know : Death is not Life effete."

"This used to be my wish: a bit of land, A house and garden with a spring at hand, And just a little wood."

"Tranquillity ! thou better name ⁠Than all the family of Fame !"

"In the old books it says what wisdom is: / To shun the strife of the world and to live out / Your brief time without fear."

"Now, this October you will turn a hundred, harrowing friend. May I speak to you ? I’m alone..."

"It is my turn thank you for the "Harz Journey in Winter". Not the Brahms version .. but for the Goethe poem, which is pure splendor." Rilke

"Aside I turn to the holy, unspeakable, mysterious Night. Afar lies the world, sunk in a deep grave; waste and lonely is its place."

"When weary with the long day's care And earthly change from pain to pain And lost, and ready to despair Thy kind voice calls me back again"

"Just as the artist needs a space in which to work, the artist also opens a space with the work of art."

[Essay] "The aim of this essay is to make the mystical, or contemplative elements of Rimbaud's life and poetry clear."