Daphne Gottlieb quotes

I was 14 and madly in love for the first time. He was 21. He made me suddenly, unaccustomedly beautiful with his kisses and mix tapes. During the year of elation and longing, he never mentioned that he had a girlfriend who lived across the street. (Daphne Gottlieb)

I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.

Daphne Gottlieb

Love - at least the pair-bonded, prescribed love - does not conquer all.

Daphne Gottlieb

That's point of writing: building what you need, right?

Daphne Gottlieb

I write to make sense of things that dont make sense to me.

Daphne Gottlieb

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn't happen that often, and if you put the number of poems next to the number of political acts, it would be pretty slim.

Daphne Gottlieb

I go in and out of season. I won't write for months, and then all of a sudden, I'll write like I've got a fever.

Daphne Gottlieb

I think that I have less conviction than ever that poetry matters - that poetry changes or saves anything or anyone. But, in fact, that's tremendously freeing. If it doesn't matter much, the stakes are lower and you can't really fail. It's insurrection. It's a tiny alphabet revolution. A secret. A psalm.

Daphne Gottlieb

Daphne Gottlieb

Occupation: American Poet
Born: 1968
Quotes count: 8

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