Camilo José Cela

“Yo sigo clasificando a la humanidad —para mi uso, que es el que me importa, y que Dios me perdone— en amigos…

— Camilo José Cela

“El que reciste, gana.”

— Camilo José Cela

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor,…

— Camilo Jose Cela

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

— Camilo Jose Cela

“I'm not made to philosophize, I don't have the heart for it. My heart is more like a machine for making blood…

— Camilo José Cela

“On the hinder slope of the hill two little goatherds are tending a flock of goats; one of them is sitting on…

— Camilo José Cela

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

— Camilo Jose Cela

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down…

— Camilo Jose Cela

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle…

— Camilo Jose Cela

“El que resiste, gana”

— Camilo José Cela

It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from the gods which we Spaniards take for…

— Camilo Jose Cela

“Que no hay peor odio que el de la misma sangre, [...], porque a nadie se odia más con más intensos bríos…

— Camilo José Cela

“Yo, señor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarían motivos para serlo.”

— Camilo José Cela