Without doubt I praise the wild excellence.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the beauty and value found in nature's untamed and unrefined forms.
Pablo Neruda's quote celebrates the unrestrained beauty of nature and the artistic inspiration that arises from observing its wild excellence. It suggests that the most profound experiences often come from the raw and authentic aspects of life, encouraging appreciation for the wilderness in all its forms.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about environmental conservation.
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.
Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the truest way. Then it just becomes a question of how heroic your speech is. To me, it's something to strive after.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
Every government secretary of state or minister should jolly well go to the theatre, go to a concert, go to an art gallery, go to a museum, become somehow interested in these things. If they're not interested, they shouldn't be in government, full stop.
Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.
Let's face it, writing is hell.
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