Quote by Dana Gioia Download Open image ““This last mute touch that lingers is farewell.”” — Dana Gioia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!” — Alfred Tennyson Copy Share Image
Goodbye," I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“For a second, my hand touched yours, but that second is gone, and cannot be seen, heard or felt ever again. This second is… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“I pull away and all the magical qualities of his touch fade. It's the worst feeling in the world.” — H.M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Touch her'- his voice was laced with malice, even as it faded to a mere whisper- 'and I'll annihilate you all.” — Kerri Maniscalco Copy Share Image
“Silence may be golden but when you whisper with desire in my ear.....the world goes mute~” — Ladyaslan Copy Share Image
“The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we’re still alive, after all.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“His touch seared all the way through to my bones. Each touch after would pale in comparison. For the rest of my life.” — Missy Anne Copy Share Image
“If you're saying farewell to your arms, what do you use to wave goodbye?” — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the minutes no… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
In an age of global standardization, regional voices also remind both writer and reader that no life is lived generically. If the purpose of… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
“The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always- greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon.” — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
“And memory insists on pining For places it never went, As if life would be happier Just by being different.” — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
“Whatever the reasons, reading somehow awakens something in a kid's life that makes them take their own life more seriously and other people's lives… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
“Breton considered suicide the truest art, though life seemed hardly worth the trouble to discard.” — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
The new year always brings us what we want Simply by bringing us along—to see A calendar with every day uncrossed, A field of… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
Poetry speaks most effectively and inclusively (whether in free or formal verse) when it recognizes its connection - without apology - to its musical… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
It seems to me that awakening to the full potential of what your life might be - beyond the possibilities of your own family,… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
“There is no human society, however isolated, that has not developed and employed poetry as a cultural practice.” — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
