23 Quotes by Gabriele D'Annunzio

That which at twilight had appeared to be a silvery sea-god's palace, a structure of twisted sea-shapes, was now a temple built by the cunning genies of Fire.

Radian. The prisoner's name is Radiana.Who is keeping her prisoner?Time, Stelio. Time is guarding the doors with his scythe and his hour-glass, as in all those old prints...

Full with frets I die, but not slain by you.My chest drains itself, painlessly.Is all this not blood? Oh, Lord—it's dew!The dawn, weeping, washes over me.

In vain you beg, in vain you ache,in vain you've opened your wrecked heart wide.Perhaps in heaven the rainclouds quakebecause we both have cried?

Memento audere semper. Et ventis adversis.

In faith I hear a whisper in the air as it sweeps:secrets sparkling from the waters unto the shore;but the wind does not stir upon the deeps,the poets' mandolas play no more.

Devíamos sempre aprender a amar-nos; é o único romance que dura a vida inteira.

Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.

I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.