Quote by Octavio Paz
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is th

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

Other quotes by Octavio Paz

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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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – 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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Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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I like to have a massage therapist come to my house, get a massage, take a bath, go to bed. Thats a perfect night alone for me. – Stacy Keibler

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It doesnt matter about money having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. Youre still left alone with yourself in the end. – Billy Idol

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I have to be alone very often. Id be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. Thats how I refuel. – Audrey Hepburn

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So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round. – Dennis Bergkamp

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The only men who arent in fear of womens reactions are usually men who arent born or who are dead. – Warren Farrell

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