193 Quotes by Sappho

Gold-haired Phoebus borne by Koios's daughterafter she joined with Kronos's son Zeus god of high clouds and high name.Artemis swore the great oath of the gods to Zeus:'By your head, I shall always be a virginuntamed, hunting on peaks of solitary mountains.Come, grant me this grace!'So she spoke. Then the father of the blessed godsnodded his consent. Now gods and mortalscall her by her thrilling eponym, The Virgin Deer Hunter.Eros, loosener of limbs, never comes near her

You will have memoriesBecause of what we did back thenWhen we were new at this,Yes, we did many things, then - allBeautiful...

All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.

It's like always a never. The sea breaking against the rocks. The one always wanting. It's the hardest thing loving someone who doesn't love you.

No holy place existed without us then,no woodland, no dance, no sound.Beyond all hope, I prayed those timelessdays we spent might be made twice as long.I prayed one word: I want.Someone, I tell you, will remember us,even in another time.

Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ ἄκρον ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῳ λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπνεσ, οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐδύναντ᾽ ἐπίκεσθαι

When anger is flooding through your chestbest to quiet your reckless barking tongue

I have flown to you like a child to her mother.

SuddenlyDawn in gold sandals