You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists, aromas, light, metals, were little boats that sail toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep connection between the speaker and a loved one, illustrating how nature reminds them of that person.
In this beautiful quote by Pablo Neruda, the speaker reflects on how every element of the natural world evokes memories and feelings of love for someone special. The imagery of the 'crystal moon', 'red branch', and 'impalpable ash' symbolizes how the beauty of the environment continuously transports the speaker's thoughts and emotions toward this beloved figure, suggesting that love transcends physical distance and is interwoven with the very essence of existence.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a romantic dinner to express the depth of feelings.
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship.
For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.
Sooner or later all mankind will realize that the greatest cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrow and crimes of humanity rests solely in acts of love. Love is the greatest gift from God. It is the divine spark that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, love gives us the power to work miracles with your own life and those we touch.
I don't need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever
If anybody understands God's order for his children, it's someone who has rescued an orphan from despair, for that is what God has done for us. God has adopted you. God sought you, found you, signed the papers and took you home.
time is a tree (this life one leaf) but love is the sky and i am for you just so long and long enough
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