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" As the years go by, my life keeps filling up with names
like abandoned cemeteries
or like an empty history class
or a telephone book in a foreign city.

And death is when someone behind you keeps calling
and calling
and you no longer turn around to see
who. "

Yehuda Amichai , The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai


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Yehuda Amichai quote : As the years go by, my life keeps filling up with names<br />like abandoned cemeteries<br />or like an empty history class<br />or a telephone book in a foreign city.<br /><br />And death is when someone behind you keeps calling<br />and calling<br />and you no longer turn around to see<br />who.