There were epochs in the history of humanity in which the writer was a sacred person. He wrote the sacred books, universal… — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad… — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
Facts can't be recounted; much less twice over, and far less still by different persons. I've already drummed that thoroughly into your head. — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
There were epochs in the history of humanity in which the writer was a sacred person. He wrote the sacred books, universal books, the… — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a… — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing. — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition. — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another. — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them — Augusto Roa Bastos Copy Share Image
