Famous Quotes | there’s a kind of lust feeds...

there’s a kind of lust feeds on itself
Unspoken to, unspeaking; subterranean
As a black river full of eyeless fish
Heavy with spawn; with a passion for time
Longer than the arteries of a cave.
- Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “The Meaning of Life.”

Categories: Critic, Lust

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