"Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you."

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About Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, critic, and editor and one of the major literary voices of the twentieth century. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975. His poetry is noted for dense imagery, modernist form, and philosophical depth.

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