Conhecimento Quote by José Eduardo Agualusa

“Nothing seems true that cannot also seem false.”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Lies are everywhere. Even nature herself lies. What is camouflage, for instance, but a lie? The chameleon disguises itself as a leaf in order…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“I know now-I think I probably already knew then- that all lives are exceptional.”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“O nosso casamento assentava mais no rancor mútuo do que no amor. Nada contra - compreendam-me. Acho que o rancor tende a ser um…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“If he'd been able to he would have rolled out a rose-petal carpet at her feet. He would have liked to conduct an orchestra…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“So what do you think, Félix -- it is more important to bear witness to beauty, or to denounce horror?”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Happiness is almost always irresponsible. We're happy for those brief moments when we close our eyes.”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Reality is painful and imperfect ... That's just the way it is, that's how we distinguish it from dreams. When something seems absolutely lovely…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Memory is a landscape watched from the window of a moving train. We watch the dawn light break over the acacia trees, the birds…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Quantas mulheres teve o professor? Uma. Já te disse. Mentira. Está a mentir-me outra vez. O professor é um mentiroso compulsivo. Sou. Tens toda…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Sometimes they don't write what I mean, they just write what I say.”

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Sometimes, she said, she could recognize a place just by the quality of the light. In Lisbon, the light at the end of spring…

— José Eduardo Agualusa