Gabriela Mistral, born on April 7, 1889, and died on January 10, 1957, was a renowned Chilean poet and a significant figure in Latin American literature. Known for her profound emotions and unique poetic style, Mistral's works have received international recognition, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945.
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“And she grasps it because it's her fate.”
“Everyone left and we have remained on a path that goes on without us.”
“If ever we two had a soul, let our soul —keep on walking and leave us behind.”
“I could have not returned, and I've returned.”
“Yo no me explico el amor sino por los muertos, que ya no pueden traicionar ni desgajar la ilusión.”
“My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son.”
“Now I am nothing but a veil; all my body is a veil beneath which a child sleeps.”
“For me, religiosity is ... the constant remembrance of the presence of the soul.”
“You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.”
“Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.”
“Now my belly is as noble as my heart.”
“What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.”
“The poet is an untier of knots, and love without words is a knot, and it drowns.”
