15 of Pablo Neruda's most moving phrases about love and life

by Alison Forde

May 09, 2020

15 of Pablo Neruda's most moving phrases about love and life
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The name of Pablo Neruda is certainly among the first that come to our mind if we think of the men of letters who have marked and continue to mark our era. Considered one of the most important figures of the Latin American literature of the twentieth century, the Chilean poet is certainly known to the general public above all for his love poems, which manage to simultaneously touch on the dramatic and romantic aspect of relationships.

Also following the love theme, Neruda is able to embrace various areas of existence in their entirety, from the search for freedom to the denial of external impositions.

Below we offer 15 of his most beautiful phrases. Treasure them!

via wikipedia.org

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  1. In a kiss, you will know everything I kept silent about you.
  2. To love is so short, to forget so long.
  3. Love, how many ways to reach a kiss, what a wandering loneliness until your company.
  4. I would like to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.
  5. The child who does not play is not a child, but the adult who does not play has lost the child who was inside him forever; and he will miss him very much.
  6. I love you as you love certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

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7. Asking can be the shame of a minute, not asking can be the regret of a lifetime.

8. They can cut all the flowers, but they will never stop spring.

9. Take my bread away, if you want, take away the air, but don't take away your smile from me.

10. If nothing saves us from death, let love at least save us from life.

11. Your great eyes are the light of defeated constellations, your skin throbs like the roads that the meteor travels in the rain.

12. It is forbidden not to smile at problems, not to fight for what you believe in and to give up, out of fear.

13. Your breast is enough for my heart, my wings are enough for your freedom.

14. You no longer resemble anyone since I have loved you.

15. The word is a wing of silence.

Which is the phrase you prefer or that describes you best?

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