[arthur rimbaud, numa carta para théodore de banville (24 de maio de 1870)] "i've set out to express my good thoughts, my hopes, my feelings, the provinces of poets - i call all of this spring"

[arthur rimbaud, numa carta para paul demeny (15 de maio de 1871)] "the poet is really a thief of fire. humanity, and even the animals, are his burden; he must make sure his inventions live and breath; if what he finds down bellow has a form, he offers a form: if it is formless, he offers formless. find the words"

[arthur rimbaud, numa carta para paul verlaine (4 de julho de 1873)] "come back, come back, dear friend, only friend, come back. i promise to be good. (...) come back. be brave, dear friend. all is not lost. you only need to come back. we will live here once again, bravely, patiently. i'm begging you. (...) tell me you haven't forgotten me. you couldn't. i always have you with me. (...) listen to your heart. now tell me if i should come join you. my life is yours"

[arthur rimbaud, numa carta para a família (25 de maio de 1881)] "alas! i am not very fond of life; and if i live, i am used to living with exhaustion; but it i am forced to continue to exhaust myself like this, and to feed on sorrows as unremitting as they are ridiculous in these horrible climates, i suspect it will lead to an abridgment of my existence [...] finally, might we enjoy a few years of real rest in this life; and happily this life is the only life, and that is evident, as one could not possibly imagine another life more boring than this one"

[arthur rimbaud, numa carta para a família (2 de setembro de 1881)] "all i ask for in this life is a pleasant climate and agreeable work, something interesting: and i'll find it, one day or another!"