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Octavio Paz Quotes: What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them.
         

What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them.


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The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.

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Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.

Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.



Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.



To love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see.

To love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see.




A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.

A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.



Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.

Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.



A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.

A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.



Every moment is nothing without end.

Every moment is nothing without end.



Whatever is not stone is light

Whatever is not stone is light





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There is the sky, which is all men's together.

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When I meet a person that tells me they stopped hooping for no reason, I thank them for opening my door and making it easier.



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I bought a railroad during this period of time.



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Improvise. Write your own damn story.



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The world is meaningless and therefore it's funny.



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At the edge of the cliffs, the wind is a smack, and D-day becomes wildly clear: climbing that cutting edge into the bullets.



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This page presents the quote "What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them.". Author of this quote is Octavio Paz. This quote is about struggle, poetry, dependence, art,.