Sappho

"Silence can contain more wisdom than a thousand words"

"What binds us together outlasts what tears us apart"

"The courage to be vulnerable is the greatest strength"

"In loving another, we discover who we are meant to become"

"The world needs not more perfection, but more authenticity"

"What we give to others we also give to ourselves"

"The present moment is the only stage where life is truly lived"

"Those who question their own certainties find deeper truths"

"The richest life is often the quietest one"

"The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone."

"Some say a cavalry corps, some infantry, some, again, will maintain that the swift oars of our fleet are the finest sight on dark earth."

"He seems to me equal to gods, that man whoever he is who opposite you sits and listens close to your sweet speaking."

"I have not had one word from her. Frankly I wish I were dead."

"Aphrodite, immortal, with mind embroidered, daughter of Zeus, I beg you do not crush me with heartache."

"Leave Crete and come here to me, to your holy temple where the lovely grove of apple trees circles an altar of frankincense."

"You burn us with desire, Persuasion, child of Aphrodite."

"Golden-haired Sappho, why have you abandoned your lyre?"

"Night, star-strewn night, that brings all things that shining day drives apart together."

"I would not exchange my mother for all the riches of Lydia or fair Lesbos."

"Sweet mother, I cannot mind my wheel; my fingers are too feeble from the spell of golden Aphrodite."

"Rosy-fingered dawn spreads her light across the sea."

"If you truly loved me, you would have told me with words, not with silence."

"What is lovely never dies, Bitterness, but fades into the perfume called memory."

"The groom is coming, tall as Ares, towering over all. Beauty beyond measure."

"Come now, abandon sorrow; we are young and should celebrate with music and wine."

"Peer of gods is he who sitting before you gazes at your beauty undistractedly."

"I loved you once, Atthis, long ago, when you seemed small and ungraceful to my eyes."

"My heart has been struck by desire, light as wind on mountains."

"Death is an evil; the gods would not have made it so were it not."

"The moon shines full, and as I stood among the flowers, I remembered you."