One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other. Autore: Charles Simic Copy Quote More from Charles Simic “Sleeplessness is like metaphysics. Be there.” “The time of minor poets is coming. Good-by Whitman, Dickinson, Frost. Welcome y…” “He who cannot howl will not find his pack.” “There’s a book called“A Dictionary of Angels.”No one has opened it in fifty yea…”