To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment
Galway KinnellRead
Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote encourages individuals to embrace their dreams and find beauty and grace in their experiences.
Galway Kinnell's quote speaks to the importance of recognizing the depth and significance of our dreams, suggesting that they are both a source of motivation and a reflection of our true selves. The 'unwavering gaze' symbolizes focus and commitment to these dreams, while 'the living burn' denotes the passion and vitality of pursuing a meaningful life. The idea of 'floating days' evokes a sense of time passing gently, urging us to appreciate and seek grace within our journey.
Themes
DreamGraceLifeInspirationPassion
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during a motivational speech about following your dreams.
More from Galway Kinnell
All quotes βWhen I sleepwalk into your room, and pick you up, and hold you up in the moonlight, you cling to me hard, as if clinging could save us. I think you think I will never die, I think I exude to you the permanence of smoke or stars, even as my broken arms heal themselves around you.
Galway KinnellRead
Little sleep's-head sprouting hair in the moonlight, when I come back we will go out together, we will walk out together among, the ten thousand things, each scratched too late with such knowledge, the wages of dying is love.
Galway KinnellRead
Second-hand gloves will become lovely again, their memories are what give them the need for other hands. And the desolation of lovers is the same: that enormous emptiness carved out of such tiny beings as we are asks to be filled; the need for the new love is faithfulness to the old.
Galway KinnellRead
Similar quotes
It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us," said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you.
Neil GaimanRead
My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.
Tina TurnerRead
For we have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heros of all time have gone before us.
Joseph CampbellRead
There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.
Wayne DyerRead
There's those young girls that I once was, looking up to Mia Hamm, Christine Lilly, all those players, and I know how much of an effect they had on me. Knowing that, I feel like I'm in a position where I can really help be a positive influence in girls' lives.
Alex MorganRead
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.
PeleRead