Best Richard Siken Sayings
- ...you're waiting because you thought it would follow, you thought there would be some logic, perhaps, something to pull it all together but here we… All
- Who am I? I'm just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future. Sure, I sink the boat… Boat
- The way you slam your body into mine reminds me I’m alive, but monsters are always hungry, darling. Alive
- Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else. Everyone
- how we rolled up the carpet so we could dance, and the days were bright red, and every time we kissed there was another apple… All
- The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we don’t have that kind of time. Desire
- He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand. Hand
- For a while I thought I was the dragon. I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was… Beautiful
- Actually, you said Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying. No one will ever want to… Ever Want
- Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is… Alive
- I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars. Body
- You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and… Body
- I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in… Beautiful
- Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued. Inspirational
- Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it… Cry