“If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying.”

“A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence.”

“The purpose of life is life.”

“Neruda had his first dream, First meeting with the Moon and the Sun In sunny La Mancha, hiding in his heart,Where he learned how to sing like a nightingale.”

“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?”

“He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door.”

“Without pleasure there is no sight or measure.”

“Dreams are our only geography—our native land.”

“Omnipotence and omniscience are the end of power and knowledge.”

“Every thought about death takes a moment of life away.”

“Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect.”