171 Quotes by Richard Siken

You are here. You are here. You’re still right here.

And the part where I push you flush against the wall and every part of your body rubs against the bricks, shut up I’m getting to it.

The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling.

The dawn was breaking the bones of your heart like twigs.

Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube?

Don’t move. Keep staring straight into my eyes.

The best part of spirituality is reverence. There are other parts. Some people like to hear the sound of their own voice. If you don’t believe in the world it would be stupid to paint it. If you don’t believe in God, then who are you talking to?

Here I am in a rabbit run, here I am in a valley of pine, waiting for you to find me. I could pretend I’m speaking to everyone – assume a middle distance and transcend myself – but I’m taking to you and you know it.

You wonder what he’s thinking when he shivers like that.