There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.

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The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.

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Light is time thinking about itself.

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A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.

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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.

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My body, plowed by your body, will turn into a field where one is sown and a hundred reaped.

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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

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Every moment is nothing without end.

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Love is the revelation of the other person's freedom.

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To love is to undress our names.

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