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Octavio Paz

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


— Octavio Paz


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


— 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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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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Deserve your dream.


— Octavio Paz


#dream #your #your dream






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Political thought
Originally Paz showed his solidarity with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War but after learning of the murder of one of his friends by the Republicans themselves he became gradually disillusioned. Upon his return to Mexico Paz co-founded a literary journal Taller ("Workshop") in 1938 and wrote for the magazine until 1941. Paz wrote the play "La hija de Rappaccini" in 1956.

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