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> [“Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again. How it was late, and no one could sleep, the horses running until they forget that they are horses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/tell-me-about-the-dream-where-we-pull-the-bodies-out-of-the-lake-and/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

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> [Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/tell-me-about-the-dream-where-we-pull-the-bodies-out-of-the-lake-and-2/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

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## More by Richard Siken

> [“Personally, I’m a mess of conflicting impulses—I’m independent and greedy and I also want to belong and share and be a part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/personally-i-m-a-mess-of-conflicting-impulses-i-m-independent-and/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [Here I am in a rabbit run, here I am in a valley of pine, waiting for you to find me. I could pretend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/here-i-am-in-a-rabbit-run-here-i-am-in-a-valley-of-pine-waiting-for/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“We're shooting the scene where I swallow your heart and you make me spit it up again. I swallow your heart and it crawls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/we-re-shooting-the-scene-where-i-swallow-your-heart-and-you-make-me/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/he-was-pointing-at-the-moon-but-i-was-looking-at-his-hand/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/you-play-along-because-you-want-to-die-for-love-you-always-have/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“Here we are, at the place where I get to beg for it. Where I get to say ‘Please, for just one night, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/here-we-are-at-the-place-where-i-get-to-beg-for-it-where-i-get-to-say/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“I’m sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/i-m-sorry-about-the-blood-in-your-mouth-i-wish-it-was-mine/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“The stranger says there are no more couches and he will have to sleep in your bed. You try to warn him, you tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/the-stranger-says-there-are-no-more-couches-and-he-will-have-to-sleep/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“I looked at all the trees and didn’t know what to do. A box made out of leaves. What else was in the woods?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/i-looked-at-all-the-trees-and-didn-t-know-what-to-do-a-box-made-out/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. These, our bodies, possessed by light. Tell me we'll never get used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/tell-me-how-all-this-and-love-too-will-ruin-us-these-our-bodies/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song on a policeman’s radio, how we rolled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/it-s-not-like-a-tree-where-the-roots-have-to-end-somewhere-it-s-more/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [Knot the tie and go to work, unknot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/knot-the-tie-and-go-to-work-unknot-the-tie-and-go-to-sleep-i-sleep-i/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“want to tell you this story without having to confess anything, without having to say that I ran out into the street to prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/want-to-tell-you-this-story-without-having-to-confess-anything/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/here-is-the-repeated-image-of-the-lover-destroyed/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

> [“You cannot get in the way of anyone's path to God. You can, but it does no good. Every spy knows this. Somesay God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/you-cannot-get-in-the-way-of-anyone-s-path-to-god-you-can-but-it-does/)

[Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/)

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