40 Meaningful Pablo Neruda Quotes On Love & Life

โPablo Nerudaโ by โJeso Carneiroโ, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Ricardo Eliรฉcer Neftalรญ Reyes Basoalto is worldwide famous by his pen name, Pablo Neruda. Born in Chile, he is known as a โpeopleโs poetโ around the globe. He is often regarded as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He has also won Nobel Prize for his outstanding work in literature.
It is truly said that a great poet never dies. Although he died in 1973, his poems and literature have made him immortal. He was also a fine politician. He served as a Senator in Chilean Communist Party for one term.
The writing style of Pablo was so versatile. He wrote many love poems, historical epics, political manifestos, prose autobiographies. His work was mainly focused on finding happiness in the little things of life. Here are some Pablo Neruda quotes that about love and life.
Pablo Neruda Love Quotes
The Nobel Prize-winning author has written and romanticized the idea of love. With his writings, he has explored many aspects of sensual beauty. He has left behind a rich legacy that enriches our life. Through his quotes, we get a better understanding of true love. Here are some Pablo Neruda quotes about love that will help you to know the feeling better.
โIf nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โAt nightย I dream that you and I are two plantsย that grew together,ย roots entwined.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โLove! Love until the night collapses!โ
PABLO NERUDA
โTo feel the love of peopleย whom we love isย a fire that feeds our life.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: CANTO GENERAL: A SONG OF THE PEOPLE
โSo I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.โ
PABLO NERUDA

โOf all the fires, love is the only inexhaustible one.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โLet us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โI want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: PABLO NERUDA: SELECTED POEMS
โI love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โLove is so short, forgetting is so long.โ
PABLO NERUDA

โLoving is a journey with water and with stars, with smothered air and abrupt storms of flour: loving is a clash of lightning-bolts and two bodies defeated by a single drop of honey.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โI have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen.โ
PABLO NERUDA
Meaningful Pablo Neruda Quotes
Pabloโs writings help us to sail through our lives quite smoothly. Through his works, he has depicted the true meaning of life. His collection of poetry portrays the emotional aspect of life. Read on to these thought-provoking and inspiring Pablo Neruda quotes and have a feel-good sensation.
โSomeday, somewhere โ anywhere, unfailingly, youโll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โLaughter is the language of the soul.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โYou can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.โ
PABLO NERUDA

โHe who becomes the slave of habit, who follows the same routes every day, who never changes pace, who does not risk and change the color of his clothes, who does not speak and does not experience, dies slowly.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โEverything is ceremony in the wild garden of childhood.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: WINTER GARDEN
โDeath is the stone into which our oblivion hardens.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โMy soul is an empty carousel at sunset.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โGive me, for my life, all lives, give me all the pain of everyone, Iโm going to turn it into hope.โ
PABLO NERUDA

โYour wide eyes are the only light I know from extinguished constellations.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: I EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS: SELECTED POEMS
โPoetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โA book, a book full of human touches, of shirts, a book without loneliness, with men and tools, a book is victory.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: THE ESSENTIAL NERUDA: SELECTED POEMS
Pablo Neruda Quotes On Life
With his work, it is quite visible that he envisioned a future full of happiness and cheerfulness. Often, we ignore the truths of life. He tried to teach the world that happiness lies in the little joys of life. We get an enlarged vision of various aspects of life through his works. Here are some Pablo Neruda quotes that will give you a broader vision on the meaning of life.
โAll paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: TOWARDS THE SPLENDID CITY
โSometimes I get up at dawn, and even my soul is wet.โ
PABLO NERUDA

SOURCE: THE CAPTAINโS VERSES/LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITAN
โPerhaps the world can teach us as when everything seems dead but later proves to be alive.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โFor me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could not live without writing.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โThe books that help you most are those which make you think the most.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โWhat does autumn go on paying for with so much yellow money?โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS
โWhile Iโm writing, Iโm far away; and when I come back, Iโve gone.โ
PABLO NERUDA

SOURCE: 100 LOVE SONNETS
โHe who has nothingโit has been said many timesโhas nothing to lose but his chains.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โThe birds of night peck at the first stars that flash like my soul when I love you.โ
PABLO NERUDA
SOURCE: SELECTED POEMS
โI need the sea because it teaches me.โ
PABLO NERUDA
โAbsence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air.โ
PABLO NERUDA
Whatโs greater of an achievement for a poet that his/her work reminisced a century later! Pablo Neruda was truly an insightful poet of his time. His vision of a happy and gay future stands true in the 21st century as well. We get a more meaningful view of life and its happenings after reading his works. We hope you enjoyed reading these Pablo Neruda quotes as much we loved collecting them.
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