90 Quotes by Charles Simic

Are Russian cannibals worse than the English? Of course. The English eat only the feet, the Russians the soul. "The soul is a mirage," I told Anna Alexandrovna, but she went on eating mine anyway.

Filosóficamente no puede confiarse en los ojos.

Thoreau loved ants. He'd meet one in the morning and spend the whole day talking to him.

MY SECRET IDENTITY ISThe room is empty,And the window is open

I insist on remaining aloof, self-absorbed, lovingly nursing my suspicions.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

A poem is an instant of lucidity in which the entire organism participates.