--- title: "1 Persephone Quotes By Osip Mandelstam" description: "1 Persephone quotes by Osip Mandelstam. Plus more from Osip Mandelstam and more Persephone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/osip-mandelstam-19304_bees_take-from-my-palms-to-soothe-your-heart_90701.jpg" --- > [Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that was never moored, nor hear a shadow in its furs, nor move through thick life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/take-from-my-palms-to-soothe-your-heart-a-little-honey-a-little-sun/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/osip-mandelstam-19304_bees_take-from-my-palms-to-soothe-your-heart_90701.jpg) ## Other authors on Persephone - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/maggie-stiefvater/) ## More by Osip Mandelstam > [“Everything is moved by love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/everything-is-moved-by-love/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/take-from-my-palms-to-soothe-your-heart-a-little-honey-a-little-sun/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“Logic is the kingdom of the unexpected. To think logically is to be perpetually astonished.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/logic-is-the-kingdom-of-the-unexpected-to-think-logically-is-to-be/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/take-from-my-palms-to-soothe-your-heart-a-little-honey-a-little-sun-2/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“The wolfhound century leaps at my shoulders, But I am no wolf by blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/the-wolfhound-century-leaps-at-my-shoulders-but-i-am-no-wolf-by-blood/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“Life is one in all its manifestations. You must experience everything, be capable of everything, and rejoice in everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/life-is-one-in-all-its-manifestations-you-must-experience-everything/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“I do not know how it is elsewhere, but here, in this country, poetry is a healing, life-giving thing, and people have not lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/i-do-not-know-how-it-is-elsewhere-but-here-in-this-country-poetry-is/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [And I walk out of space Into an overgrown garden of values, And tear up seeming stability And self-comprehension of causes. And your, infinity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/and-i-walk-out-of-space-into-an-overgrown-garden-of-values-and-tear/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“Only in Russia poetry is respected – it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive for murder?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/only-in-russia-poetry-is-respected-it-gets-people-killed-is-there/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“We have come to love the music of proof. Logical connection for us is not some popular song about a finch, but a choral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/we-have-come-to-love-the-music-of-proof-logical-connection-for-us-is/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/i-was-stopped-in-the-dense-soviet-wood-by-bandits-who-called/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [Where to start? Everything cracks and shakes, The air trembles with similes, No one world's better than another; the earth moans with metaphors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/where-to-start-everything-cracks-and-shakes-the-air-trembles-with/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“What tense would you choose to live in? I want to live in the imperative of the future passive participle – in the ‘what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/what-tense-would-you-choose-to-live-in-i-want-to-live-in-the/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“I don't know how it is with others, but for me the charm of a woman increases if she is a young traveler, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/i-don-t-know-how-it-is-with-others-but-for-me-the-charm-of-a-woman/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) > [“One cannot launch a new history — the idea is altogether unthinkable; there would not be the continuity and tradition. Tradition cannot be contrived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osip-mandelstam/one-cannot-launch-a-new-history-the-idea-is-altogether-unthinkable/) [Osip Mandelstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osip-mandelstam/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/osip-mandelstam/#itemlist", "name": "1 Persephone Quotes By Osip Mandelstam", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that was never moored, nor hear a shadow in its furs, nor move through thick life without fear. For us, all that's left is kisses tattered as the little bees that die when they leave the hive. 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