“Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvellous error! - That it was God I had here inside my heart.” HeartSoulLastsNightSleepMy HeartErrorsLast NightMarvellous Book:Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado Source: Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado
“The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd like all the odor of your roses." "I have no roses; all the flowers in my garden are dead." "Well then, I'll take the withered petals and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain." the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself: "What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?” WellsSaidSoulDoneLeftWaterWindFlowerReturnGardenRoseBrilliantMy SoulYellowFountainPetalsOdorWitheredJasmineYellow Leaves Author:Antonio Machado
“My soul is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great silence.” SoulDreamEyeSleepSilenceWatchesWideMy SoulAwakeShoreWide AwakeEyes Wide Open Author:Antonio Machado
“What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?” SoulDoneEarthGardenPetals Author:Antonio Machado
“The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.” WritingSoulSinManuscripts Author:Antonio Machado
