"For fiction, Im not particularly nationalistic. Im not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work."

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Daniel Alarcon

#Latin Quotes #People Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“It may take endless wars and unbearable population pressure to force-feed a technology to the point where it can cope with space. In the universe, space travel may be the normal birth pangs of an otherwise dying race. A test. Some races pass, some fail.”
“Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the United States intervened.”
“I thank God for the way he made you, distinct, special and unique. You were not made from a common mold.”
“If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.”
“I rebel; therefore I exist.”
“Those modern analysts, they charge so much! In my day, for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables.”
“Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.”
“I don't know how music works, I'm just glad that it does.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 28, 2017

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