Physically it's kind of lassitude, the apathy and tiredness that precedes the flu or some other illness, or death. My legs ache and feel heavy, my skin has become more sensitive to cold and to heat, to the hardness or… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
“E queria estar a treze mil quilómetros dali, a vigiar o sono da minha filha nos panos do seu berço, queria não ter nascido para assistir àquilo, à idiota e colossal inutilidade daquilo, queria achar-me em Paris a fazer revoluções no café, ou a doutorar-me em Londres e a falar do meu país com a ironia horrivelmente provinciana do Eça,… — António Lobo Antunes Copy Share
“- Quando cresceres compreendes confiante - Quando cresceres compreendes e os castanheiros toda a noite a discursarem acerca do modo como a terra nos… — António Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
“If, for example, you and I were anteaters, rather than two people sitting in the corner of a bar, I might feel more comfortable… — António Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. That’s because my books are not to be read… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world,… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books. — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
“A book is finished when it does not want me to work on it any longer...it reaches a point when it feels like it… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Physically it's kind of lassitude, the apathy and tiredness that precedes the flu or some other illness, or death. My legs ache and feel… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Of all the doctors I have known, psychoanalysts, a congregation of lay priests with bible, rites, and the faithful, constitute the most sinister, the… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
“I thought, Hatred is vital to good health, and I thought, To find ourselves in harmony with the world is a lethal infection.” — António Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
“Depois do 25 de Abril, por exemplo, tornámo-nos todos democratas. Não nos tornámos democratas por acreditar-mos na democracia, por odiarmos a guerra colonial, a… — António Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
