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Octavio Paz - A verbal trap; after the end there is...
A verbal trap; after the end there is nothing, since if there were something, the end would not be the end. Nonetheless, we are always setting forth to meet ... even though we know that there is nothing, or no one, awaiting us. (Octavio Paz)

A verbal trap; after the end there is nothing, since if there were something, the end would not be the end. Nonetheless, we are always setting forth to meet ... even though we know that there is nothing, or no one, awaiting us.

Octavio Paz

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