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> [“Nobody remembers them, you know ? Nobody. Nobody remebers why they died, why they didnt have a wife and children and a sun lit room either, nobody, least of all people for whom they fought. There is no and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/nobody-remembers-them-you-know-nobody-nobody-remebers-why-they-died/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

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## More by Javier Cercas

> [“If there's one thing I hate the Communists for, Your Excellency,' Foxa once said to Franco, 'it's for obliging me to join the Falange.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/if-there-s-one-thing-i-hate-the-communists-for-your-excellency-foxa/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“Nobody remembers them, you know ? Nobody. Nobody remebers why they died, why they didnt have a wife and children and a sun lit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/nobody-remembers-them-you-know-nobody-nobody-remebers-why-they-died/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“All good tales are true tales, at least for those who read them, which is all that counts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/all-good-tales-are-true-tales-at-least-for-those-who-read-them-which/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“Naturally, I asked him what it'd been like to live through Pinochet's coup and the fall of Allende. Naturally, he regarded me with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/naturally-i-asked-him-what-it-d-been-like-to-live-through-pinochet-s/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [All wars are full of stories that sound like fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/all-wars-are-full-of-stories-that-sound-like-fiction/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“I think it was probably both the coincidence and the beer that made Miralles say at some point that we were going to end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/i-think-it-was-probably-both-the-coincidence-and-the-beer-that-made/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“He (Antonio Machado) was old, weary and ill, and he no longer believed in Franco's defeat. He wrote 'This is the end; any day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/he-antonio-machado-was-old-weary-and-ill-and-he-no-longer-believed-in/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“Of course, if you ask, nobody was there when they torched the churches.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/of-course-if-you-ask-nobody-was-there-when-they-torched-the-churches/)

[Javier Cercas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-cercas/)

> [“I was about to tell her that Miralles hadn't fought in one war, but many, but I couldn't, because I suddenly saw Miralles walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-cercas/i-was-about-to-tell-her-that-miralles-hadn-t-fought-in-one-war-but/)

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