“When you and the truth speak to me, I do not listen to the truth. I listen to you.”

—  Antonio Porchia

Cuando tú y la verdad me hablan, no escucho a la verdad. Te escucho a ti.
Voces (1943)

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Cuando tú y la verdad me hablan, no escucho a la verdad. Te escucho a ti.

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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