Home / Authors / Eric Gamalinda

Eric Gamalinda Quotes

Poet

Eric Gamalinda, born in 1956, is a renowned poet whose works are known for their profound emotions and unique style. His poetry has won him widespread acclaim among readers.

Filter quotes by topic

All Heart Angels Archangels Books Creatures Deny Dictatorships Done Emptiness Enough

Famous Eric Gamalinda Quotes

“It offended him and mocked him: the fact that the world didn't die when his heart did.”

Books Heartbreak

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“There, he would live in total anonymity, a small-time bandit with no name. Nobody would believe the stories he would recall. Nobody would believe the history of his sadness.”

History Sadness Unsung Hero

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“There's a strong message of divine righteousness in dictatorships. Every megalomaniac has to believe his actions are sanctioned by God.”

Lies Dictatorships Using God

Book:The Descartes Highlands

Source: The Descartes Highlands

“He listened to everyone but his heart kept asking why.”

Heart Listened

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“With every step he felt he was losing some part of himself, the way we gradually lose our memory of what we once thought mattered, pulling us faster towards that emptiness in which we are no longer human.”

Loneliness Emptiness

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“The universe of words had always seemed to him a fascinating, forbidding territory, open only to a privileged few.”

Reading Words Privilege

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“My angels are jellyfish, electric, nearly invisible, armed with poisoned harpoons. My archangels are yellow tang. They feed on sunlight. They speak through color. Anything in their paths turns blind.”

Angels Jellyfish Archangels

Book:Amigo Warfare

Source: Amigo Warfare

“I love the excesses of beauty, there is never enough sunlight in the world I will live in, never enough room for love.”

World Enough Rooms Excess Sunlight

Author:Eric Gamalinda

“Love is a fragile, useless thing. It decomposes easily in the tropic heat.”

Love Is Useless Heat Fragile Useless Things

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

“He was a poet -oh all men are when they're in love.”

Men Poet

Author:Eric Gamalinda

“I deny the fact that when I kill time, time is actually killing me”

Facts Killing Deny

Book:Amigo Warfare

Source: Amigo Warfare

“Forgetting: that, too, was the heart's slow way of healing, but it could only be done alone. Love and loss turns us into the most solitary of creatures, their mysteries can never entirely be shared.”

Way Heart Done Turns Loss Forget Healing Mystery Creatures Solitary One Love Love And Loss

Book:My sad republic

Source: My sad republic

About the Author

Born: 1956
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 12

Books & Sources

My sad republicRelated source material

Amigo WarfareRelated source material

The Descartes HighlandsRelated source material

Similar Authors

Isaac AbravanelBrowse related quotes
Whit BissellBrowse related quotes
Richard TyrrellBrowse related quotes
Michael AlmereydaBrowse related quotes
Joyce BeattyBrowse related quotes
Roland BurrisBrowse related quotes
Alexander LibermanBrowse related quotes
Francis William BourdillonBrowse related quotes
Salvatore QuasimodoBrowse related quotes
Kakha BendukidzeBrowse related quotes