From The Siren and the Seashell and Other Essays on Poets and Poetry, by Octavio PazMODERN
"Modern society can not forgive poetry its nature. To modern man poetry seems sacrilegious."
From Poetry of Solitude and Poetry of Communion
"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
From The Siren and the Seashell and Other Essays on Poets and Poetry, by Octavio Paz
Who knew Octavio was so hot as a young man?
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