He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.
PABLO NERUDAWhen I sleep every night, what am I called or not called? And when I wake, who am I if I was not I while I slept?
More Pablo Neruda Quotes
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To feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know, widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things.
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Love is the mystery of water and a star.
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The birds of night peck at the first stars that flash like my soul when I love you.
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Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.
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I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every window.
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Perhaps the earth can teach us As when everything seems dead And later proves to be alive.
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Death is the stone into which our oblivion hardens.
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For me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could not live without writing.
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Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth’s pure death the will to sprout.
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Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.
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Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
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Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name, suddenly your heart showed me my way.
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You are like night, calmed, constellated. Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true.
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I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.
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So I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.
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