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“Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.” quote by Carlos Fuentes — Download Open image

““Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.””

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Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.

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You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.

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“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…

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In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.

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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…

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chaos: it has no plural.

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“Sólo el imbécil no duda. Sólo el idiota no sufre".”

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I have no literary fears.

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