The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary…

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Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...