Ana María Matute Quote

The illusion for life makes us bear the proximity of death.

The word is the weapon of humans to approach each other.

Ana María Matute

He who does not invent, does not live.

Ana María Matute

If I hadn't been able to participate in the world of stories and if I hadn't been able to invent my own worlds, I would have died.

Ana María Matute

The word is the most beautiful thing that has been created, it is the most important of all that we humans have. The word is what saves us.

Ana María Matute

Sometimes childhood is longer than life.

Ana María Matute

You have to create your own world, you have to create steps that lift you up, that pull you out of the well. You have to invent life because it ends up being true.

Ana María Matute

Writing for me is not a profession, not even a vocation. It's a way of being in the world.

Ana María Matute
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It would seem like a real lack of courtesy if God did not exist.

Ana María Matute

I have always believed, and I still believe, that imagination and fantasy are very important since they are an indissoluble part of the reality of our lives.

Ana María Matute
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Time heals everything, but it also burns everything. The good and the bad. It takes away from memory things you wish to keep there. Time takes it away.

Ana María Matute

Writing is always a form of protest, even if it's against oneself.

Ana María Matute
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