sp. Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa. WikipediaPhoto:
Mario Vargas Llosa at Göteborg Book Fair 2011.Created: 2011
CC BY-SA 3.0 Quotes
- In this city, even the dogs are like people: they too learn to survive. The Time of the Hero
- A man is not what he says, but what he does when no one is watching. The Time of the Hero
- Everything that happens within these walls stays here, because no one outside would believe it. The Time of the Hero
- Time at the military school flows differently: it doesn’t heal, it only makes wounds deeper. The Time of the Hero
- In this world, weakness is a crime and loneliness a sentence. The Time of the Hero
- At what moment did Peru go wrong? Conversation in the Cathedral
- Life isn’t what you want, it’s what you get. Conversation in the Cathedral
- A person always returns to where they were unhappy. Conversation in the Cathedral
- Power is not only strength, it is also fear. Conversation in the Cathedral
- Everything we do, we do out of fear or out of love. Conversation in the Cathedral
- Life is not what happens, but what we tell about it. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- Every love is a little madness. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- A writer is someone who finds it easier to live in an imagined world than in the real one. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- Happiness is the moment when you forget about time. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- There is always room for surprises in life, even if you’re not expecting them. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- I loved her all my life, even when I thought I had stopped loving her. The Bad Girl
- You never know what happiness is until you lose it. The Bad Girl
- There is always something in life we cannot explain, but cannot forget either. The Bad Girl
- I was happy because she was near, even if only for a moment. The Bad Girl
- Love is a disease no one wants to be cured of. The Bad Girl
- «Power is a drug that destroys both those who abuse it and those who submit to it.» The Feast of the Goat
- «Power is fear, and fear is power.» The Feast of the Goat
- «In a country where everyone is afraid, no one is free.» The Feast of the Goat
- «Memory is the only thing that cannot be taken away.» The Feast of the Goat
