The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are...

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are...

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same,...

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same,...

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

Certainties are arrived at only on foot.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.

He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.

What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.

What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.

God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your...

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your...

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the...

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the...

He who does not know how to create should not know.

He who does not know how to create should not know.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.