It is not the sword that shines in the confusion of what will be. It is not the saber, but fear and the whip. I speak of what is already among us. (Octavio Paz)

It is not the sword that shines in the confusion of what will be. It is not the saber, but fear and the whip. I speak of what is already among us.

Octavio Paz

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