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Senator of Chile

Pablo Neruda, full name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was a Chilean poet and politician who served as a Senator of Chile. Born on July 12, 1904, in Talcahuano, Chile, he passed away on September 23, 1973. Neruda is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, known for his rich poetry and profound social commitment.

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Famous Pablo Neruda Quotes

“I want to do for you what the spring does for the cherry trees”

Want Doe Tree Spring Cherries Cherry Trees

Author:Pablo Neruda

“I want to do with you what the spring does with the cherry trees.”

Want Doe Tree Spring Cherries Cherry Blossom Cherry Trees

Author:Pablo Neruda

“A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.”

Men Children Doe Play Lost Forever Missing Childlike Children Playing Kids Playing

Author:Pablo Neruda

“I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

“I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair. Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets. Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.”

Doe Voice Steps Streets Hair Mouths Silent Bread Dawn Hunts Crave Starving Liquid

Book:The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Source: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?”

Life Doe Suffering Fall Language Cities Politician Rain Adversity Hard Times Hardship Torment

Book:Libro de Las Preguntas

Source: Libro de Las Preguntas

“How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only? For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'?”

Men Mean Long Doe Week Century Dying Thousand

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“If you should ask me where I've been all this time I have to say "Things happen." I have to dwell on stones darkening the earth, on the river ruined in its own duration: I know nothing save things the birds have lost, the sea I left behind, or my sister crying. Why this abundance of places? Why does day lock with day? Why the dark night swilling round in our mouths? And why the dead?”

Source: Selected poems

“so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.”

Knows Way Doe Hands Eye Fall Love You Chests Valentine Valentine's Day My Love For You Love For Her Strong Love Valentines Day Cards I Love You Because Valentines Day Greetings Closing My Eyes

Book:100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor

Source: 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor

“What does autumn go on paying for with so much yellow money?”

Doe Goes On Autumn Yellow

Author:Pablo Neruda

“Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie? Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?”

Doe Suffering Waiting Always Waiting

Author:Pablo Neruda

“Donde termina el arco iris, en tu alma o en el horizonte? Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon?”

Doe Soul Ends Your Soul Horizon Rainbow Irises

Author:Pablo Neruda

“I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses. I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

Want Doe Dark Tree Flower Mountain Kissing Spring Baskets Cherries Rustic Cherry Trees Bluebells

Book:Pablo Neruda: selected poems

Source: Pablo Neruda: selected poems

“The bare earth, plantless, waterless, is an immense puzzle. In the forests or beside rivers everything speaks to humans. The desert does not speak. I could not comprehend its tongue; its silence...”

Humans Doe Earth Speak Sound Water Silence Music Listening Quiet Rain Rivers Hearing Tongue Forests Noise Desert Immense Puzzles

Author:Pablo Neruda

“And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I believe in heaven, yes, I believe in a heaven that I will never enter, but he waits for me wagging his big fan of a tail so I, soon to arrive, will feel welcomed.”

Feels Believe Humans Doe Bigs I Believe Heaven Waiting Human Beings Fans Dog I Believe In Materialism Afterlife Tails Wait For Me

Book:The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Source: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

“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.”

Doe Dies Grace Listening To Music

Author:Pablo Neruda

About the Author

Born: July 12, 1904
Died: September 23, 1973
Known for: Senator of Chile
Quotes: 398

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