My wound existed before me; Joë Bousquet More Quotes by Joë Bousquet More Quotes From Joë Bousquet An immense body, encircling my delirium, a body made of wind and sunlight, crouching and stretching, encompassed the existence of the slightest human echo. Joë Bousquet echoes body wind Now the night's breath responds to the sea, which I can scarcely hear from here, as it reminisces about its shipwrecks. Joë Bousquet reminiscing sea night A star shoots bleeding across the skyline, a companion to the black wind. Silence comes sweeping across everything. Joë Bousquet silence stars wind I gazed upon the earth and saw that a body, in its tender faithlessness, had located it in the sky. A splendid scarf of blood, looming above the abyss. Joë Bousquet saws sky blood