Literature Quotes

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"A poet is someone who bleeds on the page."
Federico García Lorca
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"I write to understand myself."
Federico García Lorca
"The Argentine soul finds expression in its literature and landscape."
Leopoldo Lugones
"The greatest literature speaks to what is timeless in us."
Leopoldo Lugones
"To write is to converse with eternity."
Leopoldo Lugones
"In literature, as in life, it is the sublime that creates meaning."
Julio Cortázar
"In literature, form and content are not separate; they are lovers."
Julio Cortázar
"The writer must be willing to be misunderstood to speak truth."
Julio Cortázar
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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"We are all corrupted by something; for me it has been books."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"I think of myself as a reader first, a writer second."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"All books are infinite in their depth and possibility."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"Literature survives because it tells truths that facts cannot."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."
Antonio Machado
"The poet's task is to name the nameless, to give voice to what society keeps silent."
Luis Cernuda
"Poetry speaks to the invisible wounds we all carry."
Luis Cernuda
"Words are inadequate; yet without them, we are alone."
Luis Cernuda
"The poem is a rebellion against the ordinary."
Luis Cernuda
"Poetry is the last refuge of those who refuse to surrender to reality."
Luis Cernuda
"The voice of the poet is the voice of those society has silenced."
Luis Cernuda
"Longing itself is a form of poetry."
Luis Cernuda
"The invisible made visible through language is literature's greatest power."
Luis Cernuda
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"Words are merely shadows of what the soul truly wishes to express."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"The poet sees what others overlook and speaks what others fear to voice."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"The pen is mightier than all the armies of the world combined."
Rafael Alberti
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"To write is to bleed upon the page for the sake of others."
Rafael Alberti
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"In the space between words lies the deepest meaning."
Rafael Alberti
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"In the garden of words, some bloom while others wither in silence"
Federico García Lorca
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"Literature is the conversation between the dead and the living"
Federico García Lorca