René Char Quote

With my teeth
I have seized life
Upon the knife of my youth.
With my lips today,
With my lips alone…


"Mute Game", as translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson in Guernica : a magazine of art & politics (June 2007)


With my teeth I have seized life Upon the knife of my youth. With my lips today, With my lips alone…

With my teeth I have seized life Upon the knife of my youth. With my lips today, With my lips alone…

With my teeth I have seized life Upon the knife of my youth. With my lips today, With my lips alone…

With my teeth I have seized life Upon the knife of my youth. With my lips today, With my lips alone…