Georg Trakl Quotes


"The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Angels)

"The guilt of newborns is immense."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Guilt)

"The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Heart, Eyes, Gold, Night)

"Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Autumn, Stars)

"For whoever is lonely there is a tavern."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Lonely)

"Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Evil, Stars)

"Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: Shadows)

"Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: God, Eyes)

"I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."
- Georg Trakl
(Related: God, Silence, Spring)