“Where are my heroes? Where are you, my children? Where are my own...” – Homer, the aged poet, Wings of Desire ... Movie Quotes Database

Where are my heroes? Where are you, my children? Where are my own, the curious ones, the first, the original ones? Name me, muse, the immortal singer who, abandoned by those who listened to him, lost his voice. He who, from the angel of poetry that he was, became a poet, ignored or mocked outside on the threshold of no-man's land.

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