The great wheel of fire of ancient wisdom, silence and word engendering the myth of the origin, human action engendering the epic voyage toward the other; historical violence revealing the tragic flaw of the hero who must then return to… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“Because it’s a fucking disaster to be creative when you know you’re not Mozart or Keats. Dammit, I got tired of scratching around in… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Mexico is a very complex, mysterious country. I will never understand it fully, and that's why I write so much about it, in order… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“You will have given another moment to the moment you are living and to the moments you are going to live; you have perverted… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
