A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn’t play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
PABLO NERUDASo I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
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It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.
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In love, you have loosened yourself like seawater.
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There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.
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I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
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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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Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.
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Love has to be flowering like the stars, and measureless as a kiss.
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When 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?
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Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart – a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.
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The tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness.
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Everything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.
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What did the earth teach the trees? How to speak to the sky.
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So I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
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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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The night is shattered, and the blue stars shiver in the distance.
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