A Tale of Two Gardens Quotes

“Armed with the arms of summer you come into my room come into my mind and untie the river of language look at yourself in these hurried words

Bit by bit the day burns out over the erasing landscape your shadow is a land of birds the sun scatters with a wave

from “THE ARMS OF SUMMER”
― Octavio Paz, A Tale of Two Gardens

“Trees heavy with birds hold
the afternoon up with their hands.

— Octavio Paz, from “THE TOMB Of AMIR KHUSRU,” A Tale of Two Gardens (New
Directions, 1997)”
― Octavio Paz, A Tale of Two Gardens