William Collins Quotes

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

- William Collins

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It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me, I would shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed. - William Collins

In a while, one of us will go up to bed
and the other one will follow.
Then we will slip below the surface of the night
into miles of water, drifting down and down
to the dark, soundless bottom
until the weight of dreams pulls us lower still. - William Collins

When words are put together in fresh ways there is a pleasure-giving quality in language, which brings a release of endorphins. - William Collins