“If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could!”

— Antonio Porchia

Si pudiera dejar todo como está, sin mover ni una estrella, ni una nube. ¡Ah, si pudiera!
Voces (1943)

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Si pudiera dejar todo como está, sin mover ni una estrella, ni una nube. ¡Ah, si pudiera!

Voces (1943)

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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