I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.

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The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

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,...

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.

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

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 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...

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

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

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

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 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?...

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.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

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...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...