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For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page. ↗

#both #complex #concrete #game #literature

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#against #around #been #book #came

My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#beginning #communism #convent #converted #during

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#i #paying #soon #started #success

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. ↗