Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
10 quotes
“He who has imagination, with what ease he creates a world from nothing.”
“What a shame that love has no dictionary in which to ascertain when pride is simply pride and when it is dignity!”
“The spectacle of beauty, in whatever form it appears, raises the mind to noble aspirations.”
“Love is a chaos of light and shadows. Woman, an amalgam of perjury and tenderness. Man, an abyss of greatness and smallness.”
“Solitude is very beautiful... when you have someone to tell it to.”
“The memory that a book leaves is more important than the book itself.”
“For a look, a world; for a smile, a heaven; for a kiss... I don't know what I would give you for a kiss!”
“The soul that can speak through its eyes can also kiss with its gaze.”
“There may be no poets, but there will always be poetry.”
“What is poetry? You ask while fixing your blue pupil on my pupil. What is poetry? And you ask me? Poetry... is you.”