With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the idea of unfulfilled potential and the search for meaning.
Pablo Neruda's quote presents a poetic inquiry into the nature of existence and the journeys we embark on that may not lead to a definitive destination. The 'rivers that never reach the sea' symbolize endeavors or dreams that, despite their beauty and purpose, may not culminate in expected outcomes, prompting us to reflect on the value of the journey itself and the connections formed along the way.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing passions despite challenges.
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.β - 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.
She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody.
How life is strange and changeful, and the crystal is in the steel at the point of fracture, and the toad bears a jewel in its forehead, and the meaning of moments passes like the breeze that scarcely ruffles the leaf of the willow.
Men build society and society builds men.
In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.
To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.
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