To love is to recognize oneself in another and to be transfo... - Octavio Paz

"To love is to recognize oneself in another and to be transformed by that recognition."

Octavio Paz Love

Poet Essayist Mexican 1914–1998

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"The poet's task is to imagine that which does not exist."

"Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only partially succeed because we are all prisoners of our own consciousness."

"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."

"Man is a being who is trying to become."

"I love my wife, but sometimes she drives me crazy."

"Love conquers all obstacles."

"Love is patient, love is kind."

"I'm not stupid, I'm just in love!"