Jack Gilbert Quotes

The heart lies to itself because it must. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

The heart lies to itself because it must.

— Jack Gilbert

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight.

— Jack Gilbert

I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper

— Jack Gilbert

Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit

— Jack Gilbert

Question the bravery. Say it’s not courage. Call it a passion. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Question the bravery. Say it’s not courage. Call it a passion.

— Jack Gilbert

How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that

— Jack Gilbert

We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood

— Jack Gilbert

WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening.

— Jack Gilbert

We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed.

— Jack Gilbert

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a

— Jack Gilbert

Everyone forgets Icarus also flew. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.

— Jack Gilbert

We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid

— Jack Gilbert

THE ABANDONED VALLEY Can you understand being alone so long you would Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

THE ABANDONED VALLEY Can you understand being alone so long you would

— Jack Gilbert

What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.

— Jack Gilbert

We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless

— Jack Gilbert

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in

— Jack Gilbert

Why do so manysettle for so little? I don’t understand why they’re Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Why do so manysettle for so little? I don’t understand why they’re

— Jack Gilbert

Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns

— Jack Gilbert

Are the angels of her bed the angels who come near me Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Are the angels of her bed the angels who come near me

— Jack Gilbert

We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless

— Jack Gilbert

I like ornament at the right time, but I don’t want a Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

I like ornament at the right time, but I don’t want a

— Jack Gilbert

You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with time Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with time

— Jack Gilbert

It is convenient for the old men to blame Eve. To insist Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

It is convenient for the old men to blame Eve. To insist

— Jack Gilbert

We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.

— Jack Gilbert

We are resident inside with the machinery, a glimmering spread throughout the Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

We are resident inside with the machinery, a glimmering spread throughout the

— Jack Gilbert

I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just

— Jack Gilbert

Duende I can’t remember her name. It’s not as though I’ve been Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

Duende I can’t remember her name. It’s not as though I’ve been

— Jack Gilbert

I ask myself what is the sound of women? What is the Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

I ask myself what is the sound of women? What is the

— Jack Gilbert

I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can. Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.

— Jack Gilbert

But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by

— Jack Gilbert

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and

— Jack Gilbert

The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She Jack Gilbert Picture Quote

The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She

— Jack Gilbert

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