--- title: "4 James Bertolino Quotes" description: "American poet (born 1942)... | James Bertolino is an American poet. Browse 4 James Bertolino quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-james-bertolino-73622.jpg" --- ![Portrait of James Bertolino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-james-bertolino-73622.jpg) # James Bertolino (1942) **4** quotes in **49** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet American poet (born 1942)... \| James Bertolino is an American poet. ## Quick Facts About James Bertolino Born October 4, 1942 ## Quotes by James Bertolino > [May your love be firm, and may your dream of life together be a river between two shores - by day bathed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bertolino/may-your-love-be-firm-and-may-your-dream-of-life-together-be-a-river/) [James Bertolino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bertolino/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/james-bertolino-73622_arms_may-your-love-be-firm-and-may-your-dream_1421882.jpg) > [To survive, our minds must taste redwood, and agate, octopi, bat, and in the bat's mouth, insect. It's hard to think like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bertolino/to-survive-our-minds-must-taste-redwood-and-agate-octopi-bat-and-in/) [James Bertolino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bertolino/) [Bats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/james-bertolino-73622_bats_to-survive-our-minds-must-taste-redwood_2401172.jpg) > [When the birds sing, do they call to the flowers in the fields, or are they speaking to the trees, or are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bertolino/when-the-birds-sing-do-they-call-to-the-flowers-in-the-fields-or-are/) [James Bertolino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bertolino/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/james-bertolino-73622_bird_when-the-birds-sing-do-they-call-to-the_2555854.jpg) > [We need not want what we are the middle of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bertolino/we-need-not-want-what-we-are-the-middle-of/) [James Bertolino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bertolino/) [Middle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/james-bertolino-73622_middle_we-need-not-want-what-we-are-the-middle_2988006.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bertolino/#itemlist", "name": "James Bertolino Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "May your love be firm, and may your dream of life together be a river between two shores - by day bathed in sunlight, and by night illuminated from within. May the heron carry news of you to the heavens, and the salmon bring the sea's blue grace. May your twin thoughts spiral upward like leafy vines, like fiddle strings in the wind, and be as noble as the Douglas fir. 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