For more than a decade, I’ve maintained a list of quotes I like by poets, writers, and thinkers I find interesting. This post is part of that series. All posts in the series are organized alphabetically.

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Every night, / high tide, cheapest of makeup removers, / wipes away any trace / of the previous night’s look. / In the morning, I’m swallowed again / in my body’s masculine quicksand. — Kenan Ince

All the time I pray to Buddha / I keep on / killing mosquitoes. — Issa

In this world / we walk on the roof of hell, / gazing at flowers. — Issa