If only I could leave ...

If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could!
 Antonio Porchia

Quotes from the same author

You are sad because they abandon you and you have not fallen.
 Antonio Porchia
Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years.
 Antonio Porchia
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
 Antonio Porchia
When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.
 Antonio Porchia
You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.
 Antonio Porchia