Sapphic Quotes

12 quotes from 12 authors

Reading these twelve Sapphic lines feels like stepping into a private garden where desire and doubt intertwine. One voice laments letting happiness slip away, another whispers a speckled beauty that has captivated the heart. Though modest, the set captures love’s shadows. For more, see the larger 'LGBTQ+ Poetry' page.

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“Don't let happiness slip through your fingers because of old angers and mistakes.”

Lyn Denison

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“I wasn't just looking at photographs. I was walking through the aftermath of loving her.”

Aya Canicosa

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“Lucía snorts. “They think we’re doing it.” “We could always prove them right.” “Not until I’ve taken twenty showers, we cannot.”

Addison Lane

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“The first thing I feel is heat. Her lips are thin but soft, and extremely eager. As I part my mouth and…

Jacki Sensal

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“You know, Mimosa,” Nadia says, the name beautiful in her mouth as it’s never been in anyone else’s, “I think we’ll manage,”…

Kady Morrison

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“I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote…

Cynthia So

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“I let it all out: the joy and the pain. The waiting and the wanting. The future and the past. We kiss…

Katia Rose

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“Katie put her elbow on her knee and put her head into her hand, and Will saw in a sudden flash that…

Mae Marvel

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“My speckled beauty,” Ariadne whispers in Iona’s ear, “You cannot know how you have captivated me. I dreamed of you, wished for…

Luna Oblonsky

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“Sapphic Chords On what marble stones would you scratch your love today? Spray it on brick walls, rap it in pool halls,…

Nancy Boutilier

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“Look, Clara,” I say enthusiastically and raise my hand to show my lover the beautiful butterfly couple, but then I realize that…

Jutta Swietlinski

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“He lay there and felt something and then her hand holding him and searching lower and he helped with his hands and…

Ernest Hemingway

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