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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
Carlos Fuentes
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Carlos Fuentes
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 11
Died: 2012
Died: May 15
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No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect themselves from our society. I don't want to be like that.
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I’ve been thrashed by the critics. I love having critics for breakfast. I’ve been having them for 30 years in Mexico - just eating them like chicken and then throwing the bones away. They have not survived, I have!
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs the Peruvians descend from the Incas the Argentineans descend from the boats.
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I live through risk. Without risk there is no art. You should always be on the edge of a cliff about to fall down and break your neck.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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No government functions without the grease of corruption.
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Memory is satisfied desire.
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I like fighting. I get into rows all the time.
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The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel.
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You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
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