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Death is the mother of forms.

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Octavio Paz
Age: 84 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: April 2
Diplomat
Essayist
Lyricist
Philosopher
Poet
Politician
Translator
Writer
Mexico City
Mexico
Octavio Paz Lozano
Forms
Death
Mother
Form

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I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their readers.
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