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Carlos Fuentes Quotes: Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more.
         

Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more.


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Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.



Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.

Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.



Writing is a struggle against silence.

Writing is a struggle against silence.



The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.



Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.

Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.



I need, therefore I imagine.

I need, therefore I imagine.



One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.



What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.



Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.



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

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





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Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand Arizona's right to assert concurrent jurisdiction.

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One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.

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I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.

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I'm extremely blessed because I travel extensively for my work, but I always try to incorporate a bit of leisure with business.

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We must all assume out responsibilities to take the country forward.

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How do you prove we exist? Maybe we don't.



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O the joy of my spirit--it is uncaged--it darts like lightning! It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time, I will have thousands of globes and all time.

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