The duty of the writer is not to say what we can all say, bu... - Gabriela Mistral

"The duty of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say."

Gabriela Mistral Literature

Poet Chilean 1889–1957

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"Wherever your tree is planted, that is your home."

"I am my own path."

"We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but the worst of all our faults is that we are so pleased with ourselves."

"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."