Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda needs no introduction. Genius is not a word that would describe him, as it would imply a certain amount of calculation and precision. Magician is more like it. Neruda creates spells with his words; spellbinding. He laces the words with his own brand of melancholia. And the result is beautiful.

Here are a few quotes to celebrate the great poet.

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