Sense Memory

Famous quotes containing the words sense and/or memory:

“A sense of the present
rises out of earth and grass,
enters the feet, ascends
into the genitals, constricting
the breast....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“With a tongue like a razor he will kiss,
the mother, the child,
and we three will color the stars black
in memory of his mother
who kept him chained to the food tree
or turned him on and off like a water faucet....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)