Reinaldo Arenas Professions : Poet Born : July 16, 1943 Died : December 7, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Reinaldo Arenas I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living Reinaldo Arenas favors want way Trees have a secret life that is only revealed to those willing to climb them. Reinaldo Arenas willing secret tree Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light way of sweeping, as if removing the dirt were not as important as moving the broom over the ground. Her way of sweeping was symbolic; so airy, so fragile, with a broom she tried to sweep away all the horrors, all the loneliness, all the misery that had accompanied her all her life. Reinaldo Arenas loneliness mother moving Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty. Reinaldo Arenas homosexual leonardo figures There’s just one place to live – the impossible. Reinaldo Arenas just-one places-to-live impossible To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Reinaldo Arenas events unique cities If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living. Reinaldo Arenas no-point want way Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
