What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same.

Quote by Antonio Porchia

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One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

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.

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

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

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.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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 have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a...

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a...

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

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.

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

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...

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one...

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one...

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled...

He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled...