Saturday, March 07, 2009

ἀποθανεῖν θέλω

JarNam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: ἀποθανεῖν θέλω.

—  T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922)
Cumaean Sibyl

3 comments:

  1. I wish to die, too.

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  2. "We think of the key, each in his prison
    Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison"

    remember what the Thunder said--

    "Da
    Damyata: The boat responded"

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  3. As a famous demoniac once asked, "Ti emoi kai soi estin?" Or between anyone?

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