Paul Celan quotes

Poetry is a sort of homecoming. (Paul Celan)
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem. View quote
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There was earth inside them, and they dug. View quote
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Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live. View quote
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Spring: trees flying up to their birds. View quote
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who is invisible enough to see you. View quote
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Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss. View quote
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How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life. View quote
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you're rowing by wordlight. View quote
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We stand by the window embracing, and people look up from the street: it is time they knew! It is time the stone made an effort to flower, time unrest had a beating heart. It is time it were time.It is time. View quote
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A little stallion gallops across the leafing fingers- Black the gate leaps open, I sing; How did we live here? (Paul Celan)
You opened your eyes -I saw my darkness live. I see through it down to the bed; there too it is mine and lives. View quote
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Aspen tree, your leaves glance white into the dark. View quote
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The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone. View quote
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They've healed me to pieces. View quote
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Reality is not simply there, it must be searched and won. View quote
Paul Celan
Reality is not simply there, it does not simply exist: it must be sought out and won. View quote
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