“The mind is a palace Walled with mirrors. The mind is a country church Overrun with mice.”
Source: My Noiseless Entourage
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Famous Charles Simic Quotes
“Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.”
Source: Selected Poems, 1963-1983
“Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.”
Source: The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry