On the Blue Shore of Silence Quotes

“I need the sea because it teaches me”
― Pablo Neruda, On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea

“Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world, on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed, rampaging like a train...”
― Pablo Neruda, On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea

“The sun is touching every door
and making wonder of the wheat.

The first wine is pink in colour,
is sweet with the sweetness of a child,
the second wine is able-bodied,
strong like the voice of a sailor,
the third wine is a topaz, is
a poppy and a fire in one.

My house has both the sea and the earth,
my woman has great eyes
the colour of wild hazelnut,
when night comes down, the sea
puts on a dress of white and green...”
― Pablo Neruda, On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea