Top 7 Quotes by Edith Södergran

The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.

The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Creativity

That the stars are adamant everyone understands— but I won’t give up seeking joy on each blue wave or peace below every gray stone.

Edith Södergran

Stars, Giving Up, Blue

My self-confidence comes from the fact that I have discovered my own dimensions. It does not behoove me to make myself smaller than I am.

Edith Södergran

Self Confidence, Doe, Facts

I don't create poetry, I create myself, for me my poems are a way to me.

Edith Södergran

Poetry, Way

Of all our sunny world I wish only for a garden sofa where a cat is sunning itself. There I should sit with a letter at my breast, a single small letter. That is what my dream looks like.

Edith Södergran

Dream, Cat, Garden

Edith Södergran (1984). “Complete Poems”, Dufour Editions

I have a luck cat in my arms, it spins threads of luck. Luck cat, luck cat, make for me three things: make for me a golden ring, to tell me that I am lucky; make for me a mirror to tell me that I am beautiful; make for me a fan to waft away my cumbersome thoughts. Luck cat, luck cat, spin for me some news of my future!

Edith Södergran

Beautiful, Cat, Mirrors

Edith Södergran, David McDuff (1984). “Complete poems”, Dufour Editions