Alejandra Pizarnik quotes

Alejandra Pizarnik quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Mean Quotes #Wish Quotes #Waste Quotes
“Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Mirrors Quotes #Blood Quotes #Lust Quotes
“An unchangeable colour rules over the melancholic: his dwelling is a space the colour of mourning. Nothing happens in it. No one intrudes. It is a bare stage where the inert I is assisted by the I suffering from that inertia. The latter wishes to free the former, but all efforts fail, as Theseus would have failed had he been not only himself but also the Minotaur; to kill him then, he would have had to kill himself”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Dwelling Quotes #Space Quotes #Mourning Quotes
“I donâ€™t know about birds nor do I know the history of fire. But I believe that my solitude should have wings”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Believe Quotes #Fire Quotes #Wings Quotes
“You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Bird Quotes
“I don’t know about birds nor do I know the history of fire. But I believe that my solitude should have wings”
-- Alejandra Pizarnik

#Believe Quotes #Fire Quotes #Should Have Quotes

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