"In literature, you know only what you imagine" — Carlos Fuentes

"In literature, you know only what you imagine"

— Carlos Fuentes

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72 Quotes by Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes has 72 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.
Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.
There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search…
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.
By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last…
What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others.
You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer…
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first…
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going…
For me, life without literature is inconceivable. I think that Don Quixote in a physical sense never existed, but Don…

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More Imagine Quotes

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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. — Richard Bach
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in… — Chinua Achebe
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. — Sri Aurobindo
I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car… — Joseph Barbera
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is… — James A. Baldwin
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. — James A. Baldwin
I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting. — Javier Bardem
Imagine the situation between Israel and Palestine. It's such a big mess. You can be on one side or the… — Javier Bardem
I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine. — Lynda Barry
In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I… — Steven Adler

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