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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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...

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...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

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...

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...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

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...

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....

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...

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 am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

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...

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...

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

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...

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.

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...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...