A civilization that denies death ends by denying life. ✨ Octavio Paz (…

Octavio Paz
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A civilization that denies death ends by denying life. ✨ Octavio Paz (1985). The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre, p.60, Grove Press
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A civilization that denies death ends by denying life. ✨ Octavio Paz (1985). The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre, p.60, Grove Press

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