Jose Lezama Lima Quotes

Give me the outside of all things, I am a fanatic for the externality of things.

The violet sea longs for the birth of gods, for to be born here is an unspeakable feast, a drumroll of commanding retinues and tritons.

If you must go nowhere, step out.

The soul started at the knee-cap and ended at the navel.

The revolutionary simpleton is everywhere.