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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

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I have no wisdom, no skills, and no faith but I received strength, it tears the world apart. I shall break, a heavy wave, against its shores and a young wave will cover my trace.
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Language is the only homeland.
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It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends.
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Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.
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If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?
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I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real.
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All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.
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It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.
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I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.
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Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.
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The true enemy of man is generalization.
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It’s true that what is morbid is highly valued today, and so you may think that I am only joking or that I’ve devised just one more means of praising Art with the help of irony.
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The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.
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