Antonio Porchia Quotes

Italian Argentinian poet (1885–1968)

Antonio Porchia (13 November 1886 – 9 November 1968) was an Italian-born Argentine writer. His sole book Voces ("Voices") is a collection of aphorisms.

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El frío es un buen consejero, pero es frío.

A veces estoy en un infierno y no me lamento. No encuentro de qué lamentarme.

Ser alguien es ser alguien solo. Ser alguien es soledad.

The important and the unimportant are the same only at the start.

Los niños que nadie lleva de la mano son los niños que saben que son niños.

I always search for some light and always at night and never illuminated by any light.

Times when I understand myself a little, I understand others less.

Every toy has the right to break.

Para librarme de lo que vivo, vivo.

If I didn’t think the sun looked at me a little, I wouldn’t look at it.

Cada vez que me despierto, comprendo que es fácil ser nada.

Cuanto he perdido lo hallo a cada paso y me recuerda que lo he perdido.

Pain lies above, not below. And they all think that pain is below. And they all want to rise.

Cuando lo superficial me cansa, me cansa tanto, que para descansar necesito un abismo.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.