Quote by: Octavio Paz

Coda Perhaps to love is to learn to walk through this world. To learn to be silent like the oak and the linden of the fable. To learn to see. Your glance scattered seeds. It planted a tree. I talk because you shake its leaves.


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Author Bio


  • NameOctavio Paz
  • DescriptionMexican writer laureated with the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature
  • BornMarch 31, 1914
  • DiedApril 20, 1998
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionLinguist; Poet; Writer; Diplomat; Philosopher; Translator; Essayist
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Guggenheim Fellowship; Miguel De Cervantes Prize; Xavier Villaurrutia Award; National Prize For Arts And Sciences; Neustadt International Prize For Literature; Princess Of Asturias Award - Communications And Humanities