6 Quotes by Alejandra Pizarnik
Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet who is widely regarded as one of the most important voices in Latin American literature. Her work is characterized by its intense, evocative language and its exploration of themes such as identity, desire, and the nature of the self. Pizarnik was deeply influenced by the surrealists and other avant-garde artists of her time, and her work is often described as being highly experimental and challenging. Despite her relatively short life, Pizarnik left behind a body of work that continues to inspire and captivate readers around the world. (Bio)
Alejandra Pizarnik Quotes
To write is to give meaning to suffering. (Meaning)
I don’t know about birds nor do I know the history of fire. But I believe that my solitude should have wings
Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors
But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?
An unchangeable colour rules over the melancholic: his dwelling is a space the colour of mourning. Nothing happens in it. No one intrudes. It is a bare stage where the inert I is assisted by the I suffering from that inertia. The latter wishes to free the former, but all efforts fail, as Theseus would have failed had he been not only himself but also the Minotaur; to kill him then, he would have had to kill himself
You’ve built your home you’ve fledged your birds you’ve beaten the wind with your bones you’ve finished alone what no one began
― Alejandra Pizarnik Quotes
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