There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.
PABLO NERUDAPeace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
More Pablo Neruda Quotes
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I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses. I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.
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Today is today, and yesterday is gone. There is no doubt.
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As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.
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There is no space wider than that of grief.
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All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are.
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Like them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.
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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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In this part of the story I am the one who dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood.
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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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Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter.
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My feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping but I shall go on living.
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Give me silence, water, hope. Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.
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The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.
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In the distance someone is singing.
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