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Octavio Paz Quotes

Octavio Paz quotes

Mexican Poet March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998

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Octavio Paz quote: "Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "My body, plowed by your body, will turn into a field where one..."
My body, plowed by your body, will turn into a field where one is sown and a hundred reaped. Octavio Paz
a silent concave of puppet buffoonsneither eagles nor jaguarsbuzzard lawyerslocuseswings of ink sawing mindiblesventriloquist coyotespeddlers of shadowsbeneficent satrapsthe cacomistle thief of hensthe monument to the Rattle and its snakethe altar to the mauser and the machetethe mausoleum of the epauletted caymanrhetoric sculpted in phrases of cement Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society."
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society. Octavio Paz
When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Everything is language."
Everything is language. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz quote: "Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing..."
Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings. Octavio Paz

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