Quote by Fernando Pessoa

I don't speak Portuguese.

— Ben White

This neglect of a very important Brazilian writer is, in my view, the result of Brazil's relative isolation from what metropolitan tastemakers. If João…

— Adam Morris

I was born in Brazil and it would be a lie to say that I'm just Portuguese now and not Brazilian but I love…

— Deco

I'm English. I've never said the opposite. I'm 100 per cent English. In Portugal it happens that a lot of Brazilians play for Portugal…

— Eric Dier

“Spanish—how shall I say this?—is like Portuguese spoken with a speech impediment.”

— Sol Luckman

“Pertenço a um gênero de portugueses Que depois de estar a Índia descoberta Ficaram sem trabalho. A morte é certa. Tenho pensado nisto muitas…

— Fernando Pessoa

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“This story, which takes place one a Sunday in July in a hot, deserted Lisbon, is the Requiem that the character I refer to…

— Antonio Tabucchi

“Eu estive sepultado, mumificado, conservado nas catacumbas da linguagem; a esperar o sopro de graça que me devolvesse à vida.”

— Filipe Russo

That Portuguese language is so beautiful when it is sung and even spoken.

— B. J. Thomas

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

— Camilo Jose Cela

“Como cristianos somos llamados a pertenecer, no tan solo a creer.”

— Rick Warren