I like on the table, when we're speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the joy of connection and conversation, enhanced by the presence of good wine.
Pablo Neruda highlights the intimate moments shared between people during conversation, suggesting that good wine serves as a catalyst for deeper communication. The 'light of a bottle of intelligent wine' symbolizes not only the quality of the wine but also the warmth and brightness that good company brings, enriching relationships through shared experiences.
In practice
This quote can be used during a toast at a wedding reception.
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.
Love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries.
My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but when she speaks about her father, she looks young. A love like that is undefeated, you know?
Love is what we are in our essence, and the more love we feel in our hearts, the more it will be brought to us.
To love others you must first love yourself.
He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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