Quote of the Day Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life. Pablo Neruda Love , Finding Yourself , Someday 614 Copy quote Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life. You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda Inspiring , Hope , Spring 524 Copy quote You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life Pablo Neruda Should , Ifs 784 Copy quote If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you. Pablo Neruda Love Is , Self , World 772 Copy quote Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close. Pablo Neruda Love , Life , Romantic 2885 Copy quote I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close. He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly. Pablo Neruda Grace , Doe , Listening To Music 784 Copy quote He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly. Take it all back. Life is boring, except for flowers, sunshine, your perfect legs. A glass of cold water when you are really thirsty. The way bodies fit together. Fresh and young and sweet. Coffee in the morning. These are just moments. I struggle with the in-betweens. I just want to never stop loving like there is nothing else to do, because what else is there to do? Pablo Neruda Sweet , Morning , Coffee 440 Copy quote Take it all back. Life is boring, except for flowers, sunshine, your perfect legs. A glass of cold water when you are really thirsty. The way bodies fit together. Fresh and young and sweet. Coffee in the morning. These are just moments. I struggle with the in-betweens. I just want to never stop loving like there is nothing else to do, because what else is there to do? There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song - but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny. Pablo Neruda Song , Believe , Destiny "Towards the Splendid City". Pablo Neruda's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 13, 1971. 776 Copy quote There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song - but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny. To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. Pablo Neruda Inspirational , Love Is , Fire Pablo Neruda, Mikis Theodorakis (1985). “Canto general: a song of the people” 622 Copy quote To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. Every day you play with the light of the universe. Pablo Neruda Light , Play , Universe Pablo Neruda (1990). “Selected Poems”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 612 Copy quote Every day you play with the light of the universe. In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said. Pablo Neruda Kissing , Said , Havens 646 Copy quote In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said. If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience. Pablo Neruda Fall , Night , Light Pablo Neruda, William O'Daly (1988). “The sea and the bells”, Copper Canyon Pr 485 Copy quote If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience. Of everything I have seen, it's you I want to go on seeing: of everything I've touched, it's your flesh I want to go on touching. I love your orange laughter. I am moved by the sight of you sleeping. What am I to do, love, loved one? I don't know how others love or how people loved in the past. I live, watching you, loving you. Being in love is my nature. Pablo Neruda Laughter , Sleep , Being In Love 623 Copy quote Of everything I have seen, it's you I want to go on seeing: of everything I've touched, it's your flesh I want to go on touching. I love your orange laughter. I am moved by the sight of you sleeping. What am I to do, love, loved one? I don't know how others love or how people loved in the past. I live, watching you, loving you. Being in love is my nature. Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness. Pablo Neruda Patience , Burning , Splendid 457 Copy quote Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness. I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn't bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. Because of you, the dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses. Pablo Neruda Flower , Love You , Kissing 559 Copy quote I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn't bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. Because of you, the dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses. Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Pablo Neruda Roots , Tree , Splendor Pablo Neruda (1991). “The book of questions”, Copper Canyon Pr 16 Copy quote Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? In you is the illusion of each day. You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers. You undermine the horizon with your absence. Eternally in flight like the wave. Pablo Neruda Flower , Dew , Horizon 24 Copy quote In you is the illusion of each day. You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers. You undermine the horizon with your absence. Eternally in flight like the wave. Laughter is the language of the soul. Pablo Neruda Happiness , Laughter , Laughing 162 Copy quote Laughter is the language of the soul. What did the earth teach the trees? How to speak to the sky. Pablo Neruda Sky , Tree , Earth 383 Copy quote What did the earth teach the trees? How to speak to the sky. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. Pablo Neruda Integrity , Character , Angel "Towards the Splendid City". Pablo Neruda's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 13, 1971. 140 Copy quote All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. We must dream our way. Pablo Neruda Dream , Way 80 Copy quote

We must dream our way. Your wide eyes are the only light I know from extinguished constellations. Pablo Neruda Love , Eye , Light Pablo Neruda (2015). “I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems”, p.221, Macmillan 233 Copy quote Your wide eyes are the only light I know from extinguished constellations. There is no space wider than that of grief. Pablo Neruda Grief , Space , Suffering Pablo Neruda (2015). “The Poetry of Pablo Neruda”, p.466, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 33 Copy quote There is no space wider than that of grief. so I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache. Pablo Neruda Love , Lonely , Waiting Pablo Neruda (1986). “100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor”, University of Texas Press 273 Copy quote so I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache. Never an illness, nor the absence of grandeur, no, nothing is able to kill the best in us, that kindness, dear sir, we are afflicted with: beautiful is the flower of man, his conduct, and every door opens on the beautiful truth and never hides treacherous whispers. I always gained something from making myself better, better than I am, better than I was, that most subtle citation: to recover some lost petal of the sadness I inherited: to search once more for the light that sings inside of me, the unwavering light. Pablo Neruda Beautiful , Kindness , Flower Pablo Neruda (2002). “The Sea and the Bells”, p.61, Copper Canyon Press 473 Copy quote Never an illness, nor the absence of grandeur, no, nothing is able to kill the best in us, that kindness, dear sir, we are afflicted with: beautiful is the flower of man, his conduct, and every door opens on the beautiful truth and never hides treacherous whispers. I always gained something from making myself better, better than I am, better than I was, that most subtle citation: to recover some lost petal of the sadness I inherited: to search once more for the light that sings inside of me, the unwavering light. Related Authors Gabriela Mistral Poet Gabriel Garcia Marquez Novelist Federico Garcia Lorca Poet Jorge Luis Borges Writer Mario Benedetti Journalist Langston Hughes Poet Octavio Paz Poet Julio Cortazar Novelist Ruben Dario Poet Nicanor Parra Poet Robert Frost Poet Isabel Allende Writer Mario Vargas Llosa Writer Nicolas Guillen Poet Amado Nervo Poet Pablo Picasso Painter William Wordsworth Poet Augusto Pinochet Former President of Chile Edgar Allan Poe Author Walt Whitman Poet Born: July 12, 1904 Died: September 23, 1973 Occupation: Senator of Chile Cite this Page: Citation Get Social with AzQuotes Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Every day we present the best quotes! Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends Quote of the Day Javascript and RSS feeds WordPress plugin ES Version AZQuotes.ES Login with your account Find Your Account