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

Quote by Octavio Paz

Topics: Love Quotes

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is...

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Deserve your dream.

Deserve your dream.

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

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

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par...

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What...

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

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

Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone you know you don't...

Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone you know you don't...

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the...

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty

When everyone leaves you its loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else its solitude.

When everyone leaves you its loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else its solitude.

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...