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Octavio Paz Quotes: Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall-that of our consciousness-between the world and ourselves.
         

Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall-that of our consciousness-between the world and ourselves.


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A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.



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A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.



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