Quotes About Bonnefoy

#1. Since fire's born of fire, why should we desire
To gather up its scattered ash.
On the appointed day we surrendered what we were
To a vaster blaze, the evening sky.

Yves Bonnefoy

#2. Clouds, this evening
The same as always, like thirst,
The same red dress, unfastened.
Imagine, passerby,
Our new beginnings, our eagerness, our trust.

Yves Bonnefoy

#3. This is a polarizing statement, as I have come to discover, but I am a Pats, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan from birth until death.

Rachel Nichols

#4. To give up too easily leads to regret, yet trying and then failing can lead us to second chances if we do not accept it as a failure, but a chance to learn.

Karen White

#5. Unknowing, let us sleep. Chest against chest,
Our breathing mingled, hand in hand without dreams.

Yves Bonnefoy

#6. If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

Carl Linnaeus

#7. Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)

Michael Robotham

#8. Let our bodies try
To ford a wider time,
Our hands not know
The other shore.

Yves Bonnefoy

#9. Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.

Henri Nouwen

#10. Our hands full or not:
The same abundance.
Our eyes open or shut:
The same light.

Yves Bonnefoy