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Octavio Paz Quotes
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.
Octavio Paz

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Date of Birth:
March 31, 1914
Date of Death:
April 19, 1998
Nationality:
Mexican
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