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The Fisherman and His Soul QUOTES

The Fisherman and His Soul QUOTES

1 " Cold were the lips, yet he kissed them. Salt was the honey of the hair, yet he tasted it with a bitter joy. He kissed the closed eyelids, and the wild spray that lay upon their cups was less salt than his tears.
And to the dead thing he made confession. Into the shells of its ears he poured the harsh wine of his tale. He put the little hands round his neck, and with his fingers he touched the thin reed of the throat. Bitter, bitter was his joy, and full of strange gladness was his pain. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

2 " Bronze-limbed and well-knit, like a statue wrought by a Grecian, he stood on the sand with his back to the moon, and out of the foam came white arms that beckoned to him, and out of the waves rose dim forms that did him homage. Before him lay his shadow, which was the body of his Soul, and behind him hung the moon in the honey-coloured air. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

3 " The world is cruel, give me thy heart to take with me. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

4 " And the young Fisherman said to himself: "How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

5 " And his Soul mocked him and said, "Surely thou hast but little joy out of thy love. Thou art as one who in time of dearth pours water into a broken vessel. Thou givest away what thou hast, and nought is given to thee in return. ... "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

6 " Cuando el viento soplaba desde tierra, no lograba pescar nada, porque era un viento malévolo de alas negras, y las olas se levantaban empinándose a su encuentro. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

7 " Pero en cambio, cuando soplaba el viento en dirección a la costa, los peces subían desde las verdes honduras y se metían nadando entre las mallas de la red y el joven Pescador los llevaba al mercado para venderlos. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul

8 " And his Soul besought him to depart, but he would not, so great was his love. And the sea came nearer, and sought to cover him with its waves, and when he knew that the end was at hand he kissed with mad lips the cold lips of the Mermaid, and the heart that was within him brake. And as through the fullness of his love his heart did break, the Soul found an entrance and entered in, and was one with him even as before. And the sea covered the young Fisherman with its waves. "

― Oscar Wilde , The Fisherman and His Soul