"Life was good, one had only to live it."

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Source : Jorge Amado (1988). “Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon”

Jorge Amado

“What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.”
“When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. Youâ€™re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all youâ€™re worth.”
“Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Someone said to me not too long ago, "Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve.", and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.”
“I want to be a soldier as my father was.”
“They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.”
“Also, you may not have noticed, but this is a cupboard." "I admit that our private office is of modest dimensions," Kami told him, "But that's the way we like it. Just because we're editors doesn't mean we need special privileges. We're not snobs.”
“I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.”
“Nixon was a conservative whoâ€™s way more liberal than his party can admit, and Obamaâ€™s a liberal whoâ€™s way more conservative than his party can admit.”

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