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- Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival. Octavio Paz. Waiting, Arrivals.
- 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.
- A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry. Octavio Paz. Flower, Heart, Love Is.
- What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death.
- “Deserve your dream.” ― octavio paz.
- “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.” ― Octavio Paz.
- “Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.” ― Octavio Paz , The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings.
- “Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.” ― Octavio Paz, The Collected Poems, 1957-1987.
Apr 19, 1998 · A collection of quotes by Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet and Nobel laureate. Explore his insights on poetry, language, culture, history, love, and more.
- Octavio Paz
- 1950
- “Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.” ― Octavio Paz , The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings.
- “It is always difficult to give oneself up; few persons anywhere ever succeed in doing so, and even fewer transcend the possessive stage to know love for what it actually is: a perpetual discovery, and immersion in the waters of reality, an unending re-creation.”
- “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature - if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature - consists in his longing to realize himself in another.
- “Ser uno mismo es, siempre, llegar a ser ese otro que somos y que llevamos escondido en nuestro interior, más que nada como promesa o posibilidad de ser.”
Mar 24, 2021 · Looking for the famous Octavio Paz quotes from one of the most famous Mexican poets of all time? Then, you have come to the right place!
Jan 5, 2024 · Octavio Paz Lozano ( 31 March 1914 – 19 April 1998) was a poet, writer, diplomat, and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Mexican writer to become a Nobel Laureate.
Browse and share quotes from Selected Poems, a collection of poems by the Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. Explore themes such as love, solitude, words, and time in his lyrical and philosophical verses.
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