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Quote by Octavio Paz
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recour

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. – Octavio Paz

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. – Octavio Paz

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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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