Poetry Quote by Nathalie Handal

“Lovely phrases had lit candles in her mind, one after the other, till she felt intoxicated with the brightness.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

“And the candle by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deceptions, grief and evil, flared up brighter…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Poetry is the most potent of all literary forms. If prose is candle light, poetry is dawn.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“Whosoever a beautiful candle belongs to, protect it against the cruel winds!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Love and memory and thought and dream ~ My favorite poems have never been written in words.”

— Kij Johnson

“Poetry is thoughts that breath and words that burn.”

— Thomas Grey

“Once a poet, always a poet.”

— Catherine McKenzie

“There are many unspeakable words, forgotten, or forbidden. Great thanks to the poets who make them all become reachable.”

— Toba Beta

“A poet in his senses knocks vainly at the gates of poetry.”

— Ben Johnson

“Be the candle that burns alone in darkness so that the world around can have some light.”

— Abhijit Naskar