From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved. Louise Glück More Quotes by Louise Glück More Quotes From Louise Glück I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. Louise Glück numbness costumes taken Balm of the summer night, balm of the ordinary, imperial joy and sorrow of human existence, the dreamed as well as the lived— what could be dearer than this, given the closeness of death? Louise Glück summer joy night As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she wanted to travel, go to the theater, go to museums. What he wanted was to lie on the couch with the Times over his face, so that death, when it came, wouldn't seem a significant change. Louise Glück mother father lying What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten. Louise Glück forgotten memorable travel At the end of my suffering/there was a door. Louise Glück ends suffering doors Honor the words that enter and attach to your brain. Louise Glück honor brain Birth, not death, is the hard loss. Louise Glück hard birth loss You know Louise Glück despair should-have winter The love of form is a love of endings. Louise Glück form To raise the veil. To see what you're saying goodbye to. Louise Glück saying-goodbye veils goodbye
