My phrase is a moment, the moment of fixity in the monologue of Zeno the Eleatic and Huí Shih ("I leave today for Yüeh and I arrive yesterday”). (Octavio Paz)

My phrase is a moment, the moment of fixity in the monologue of Zeno the Eleatic and Huí Shih ("I leave today for Yüeh and I arrive yesterday”).

Octavio Paz

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