Freeze Quote by Octavio Paz

“Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life.”

Octavio Paz

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Freeze Gestures Grandiose Monotonous Power Terrible Theatrical Variety

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