"Reality is not simply there, it does not……" — Paul Celan
"Reality is not simply there, it does not simply exist: it must be sought out and won."
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Paul Celan
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27 Quotes by Paul Celan
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A poem, as a manifestation of language and thus essentially dialogue, can be a message in a bottle, sent out…
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Poetry is a sort of homecoming.
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Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
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I went with my very being toward language.
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He speaks truly who speaks the shade.
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Death is a master from Germany.
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Spring: trees flying up to their birds
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With wine and being lost, with less and less of both: I rode through the snow, do you read me…
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Each arrow you shoot off carries its own target into the decidedly secret tangle
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rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.
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Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live.
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Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained…
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