Pablo Neruda
Born: 07-11-1904
Pablo Neruda, a Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, is renowned for his passionate and sensuous poetry. Born in 1904, he became a prominent literary figure with works like "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair." Neruda's vivid imagery and profound exploration of love, politics, and nature have captivated readers worldwide. Beyond poetry, he was a diplomat and a senator, deeply engaged in Chile's political landscape until his death in 1973.
Book summaries for books written by Pablo Neruda
Quotes
I want to eat you like skin, like a whole almond.
I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.
I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
Love is so short, and oblivion so long.
I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom but carries the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself.
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride.
How many times do we live without noticing that we're alive?