"This is how it always is when..." - Quote by Rumi

“Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.”

“I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.”

“I am sunlight slicing the dark.”

“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”

“You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.”

“It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.”

“The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.”

“The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.”

“I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent.”