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Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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There is air and sun, there are clouds. Up there, a blue sky (...) There is hope, in short. There is hope for us, despite our sorrow.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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And you and I and everyone know that time is heavier than the heaviest burden a man can bear.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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It had been so many years since I lifted my face, that I forgot about the sky.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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I used to believe that the heart could be directed here or there, as one wished, and that it could be controlled at will. But now I know that it's not, that it's not even yours.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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I kept intact in my memory the environment in which I lived. The atmosphere in which my childhood developed, the air, the light, the color of the sky, the taste of the earth, that I kept. What memory gives me back are those sensations.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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We either save ourselves together or drown separately.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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Learn this, son: in the new nest, you have to leave an egg. When old age flaps its wings at you, you will learn to live, you will know that your children leave you, that they don't appreciate anything; that they even consume your memory.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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All ideas, even sacred ones, must adapt to new realities.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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I grew up kissing books and bread. Since I kissed a woman, my activities with bread and books lost interest.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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Truth is what the majority sees as truth, but the majority can also change its mind throughout history.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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Language and imagination cannot be imprisoned.

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Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats

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When a man asks for justice, it's because he wants to be right.