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41 " I asked myselfWhat, Sappho, canyou give one whohas everything,like Aphrodite? "
― Sappho
42 " And her lightstretches over salt seaequally and flowerdeep fields. "
― Sappho , If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
43 " My pain drips May winds and sorrows carry off himwho blames me "
44 " Some say cavalry and others claiminfantry or a fleet of long oarsis the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it isthe one you love. And easily proved.Did not Helen, who far surpassedall in beauty, desert the best of men her husband and kingand sail off to Troy and forgether daughter and dear parents? Merelylove's gaze made her bend and led herfrom her path.These talesremind me now of Anaktoria who is gone.And I would rather see her supple stepand motion of light on her facethan chariots of the Lydians or ranks of foot soldiers in bronze.Now this is impossibleyet among the living I pray for a shareand unexpectedly "
45 " Really, if you are my friend, choose a younger bed.I can’t bear to live with you when I am the older one "
46 " I groan much but to what end? Humans simplyCannot be ageless like divinities. "
― Sappho , Come Close
47 " I want to say something but shameprevents meyet if you had a desire for good or beautiful thingsand your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,shame would not hold down your eyesbut rather you would speak about what is just "
48 " but if you love uschoose a younger bedfor I cannot bearto live with you when I am the older one "
49 " I hoped for loveWhen I look at you face to facenot even Hermioniseems to be your equal.I compare you to blond Helenamong mortal women.Know that you can free mefrom every care,and stay awake all night longon dewy riverbanks "
50 " I want to say something to you but shame disarms me''If you longed for the good or beautifuland your tongue were not concocting evilshame would not cover your eyes.Rather you would speak about the just, "
51 " someone will remember us I say even in another time "
52 " You may forget butlet me tell youthis: someone insome future timewill think of us "
― Sappho , The Art of Loving Women
53 " What cannot be said will be wept. "
54 " May I write words more naked than flesh,stronger than bone, more resilient thansinew, sensitive than nerve. "
55 " Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes. "
― Sappho , Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho
56 " You came and I was longing for you.You cooled a heart that burned with desire. "
57 " In the crooks of your body, I find my religon. "
58 " Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us. "
59 " Although only breath, words which I command are immortal. "
60 " Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done. "