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title: "3 Bridge Quotes By Kamand Kojouri"
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> [“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge-poetry-isn-t-a-ship-it-is-the/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/kamand-kojouri-1973_art_poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge_1496867.jpg)

> [“I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/i-would-rather-lie-facedown-on-the-ground-and-use-my-body-as-a-bridge/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/kamand-kojouri-1973_beacon_i-would-rather-lie-facedown-on-the-groun_2419654.jpg)

> [“How strange is it that our beloved finds its way to us in everything? The orange moon, a freckle, the smell of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/how-strange-is-it-that-our-beloved-finds-its-way-to-us-in-everything/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/kamand-kojouri-1973_beauty_how-strange-is-it-that-our-beloved-finds_3158950.jpg)

## Other authors on Bridge

## More by Kamand Kojouri

> [“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/no-one-has-any-right-to-tell-you-that-the-way-you-perceive-yourself/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/a-spark-of-every-fire-we-seek-is-already-within-us/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“I'm not here to grant you the extraordinary love you never had for yourself. I'm here, on my own accord, to love you. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/i-m-not-here-to-grant-you-the-extraordinary-love-you-never-had-for/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/it-s-so-easy-to-lose-faith-and-become-lost-in-all-of-the-politics-of/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“All this waiting. Waiting for the rain to stop. Waiting in traffic. Waiting for the bill. Waiting at the airport for an old friend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/all-this-waiting-waiting-for-the-rain-to-stop-waiting-in-traffic/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You keep thinking you’re too much for me that I will say I’ve had enough. But I drank all you poured for me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-keep-thinking-you-re-too-much-for-me-that-i-will-say-i-ve-had/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You know how it goes: at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and had a glimpse of God. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-know-how-it-goes-at-some-point-in-your-life-you-fell-in-love-with/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-have-no-choice-you-must-leave-your-ego-on-the-doorstep-before-you/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/because-at-night-when-others-are-sleeping-i-drown-myself-in-poetry/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Our minds have this strange ability to make associations using ourselves as a reference point. They create our identities based on our relation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/our-minds-have-this-strange-ability-to-make-associations-using/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/he-knows-all-my-thoughts-he-knows-all-i-ve-ever-done-and-he-loves-me/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Whenever you are angry, take a beautiful object in your house and smash it to pieces. The pity you feel for what you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/whenever-you-are-angry-take-a-beautiful-object-in-your-house-and/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/if-only-we-studied-the-stars-as-much-as-we-study-our-own-reflections/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“If love weighs you down and casts a shadow on your life then it isn’t love. Love is light and makes you light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/if-love-weighs-you-down-and-casts-a-shadow-on-your-life-then-it-isn-t/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/ignorance-might-be-bliss-but-self-forgetfulness-is-pure-ecstasy/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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