Jibanananda Das

Jibanananda Das (Bengali: জীবনানন্দ দাশ, /dʒɪbɒnʌnɒndɔː dʌʃ/) (18 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist.

Quotes

 * "Into the half light and shadow go I. Within my head

Not a dream, but some sensation works its will.

Not a dream, not peace, not love,

A sensation born in my very being.

I cannot escape it

For it puts its hand in mine,

And all else pales to insignificance--futile, so it seems."
 * '''I am a weary heart surrounded by life's frothy ocean.

To me she gave a moment's peace--Banalata Sen from Natore. I found in that void on the far shore something to hold at last In my own heart, own mind. . ..
 * Always another path you seek: today I seek no more.