(1886–1968)
Italian-born Argentine poet and aphorist
Antonio Porchia
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
Voices: Aphorisms, selected and translated by W. S. Merwin (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), 22.
I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.
Voices: Aphorisms, selected and translated by W. S. Merwin (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), 23.
Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.
Voices: Aphorisms, selected and translated by W. S. Merwin (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), 16.