Best Richard Siken Quotes
- We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from… Absence
- Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue… Cube
- Here I am in a rabbit run, here I am in a valley of pine, waiting for you to find me. I could pretend I’m… Assume
- I woke up in the morning and I didn’t want anything, didn’t do anything, couldn’t do it anyway, just lay there listening to the blood… Any
- He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly and he thinks if… Build
- The light is no mystery, the mystery is that there is something to keep the light from passing through. From
- Tell me we're dead and I'll love you even more. Dead
- Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine. I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket… Blood
- I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly. Dream
- Hello, darling. Sorry about that. Sorry about the bony elbows, sorry we lived here, sorry about the scene at the bottom of the stairwell and… Back Together
- This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish. Death
- Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero. Big
- I’m saying your name in the grocery store, I’m saying your name on the bridge at dawn. Your name like an animal covered with frost,… Animal
- This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be sneaky and have… Aftermath
- The narrator blames the birds. And you want to blame the birds as well. I blamed the birds for a long time. But in this… Anyone
- Imagine that the world is made out of love. Now imagine that it isn’t. Imagine a story where everything goes wrong, where everyone has their… Acting
- I wouldn’t kill your pony. I’d like to believe it, anyway. I’d like to believe I wouldn’t drag you out in to the woods and… Believe
- Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like “I… Better
- I’m not suggesting the world is good, that life is easy, or that any of us are entitled to better. But please, isn’t this the… Afternoon
- Fairy tales have rules. You are a princess or you aren’t. You are pure at heart or you aren’t. If you are pure at heart,… Aren
- You are playing cards with three Jeffs. One is your father, one is your brother, and the other is your current boyfriend. All of them… All
- A kid under a tablecloth insists he’s a ghost. A table underneath a tablecloth is, I guess, like the rest of us, only pretending to… Ghost
- You wanted happiness, I can’t blame you for that, and maybe a mouth sounds idiotic when it blathers on about joy but tell me you… Blame
- You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or… Back Together
- I never liked that ending either. More love streaming out the wrong way, and I don't want to be the kind that says the wrong… All