Giannina Braschi quotes
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“What is liberty? The measure of dignity.”
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“Nativity is the enemy of prophecy.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
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“Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
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“If you want to know what love is, have a child. If you want to know what pain is, bury him.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "Yo-Yo Boing!". Book by Giannina Braschi, 1998.
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“I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
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“It's true that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "Empire of Dreams". Book by Giannina Braschi, 1994.
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“Ambulances always come with clouds of smoke. And then they disappear in a whistle. But what they bring is fear. Not freedom. Feardom is what they bring. And they bring fire and smoke. Oh, my nerves are bad tonight, yes, bad. I fear freedom. I, above all, fear the freedom that is above all feardom.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
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“A baby is expected. A trip is expected. News is expected. Forgetfulness is expected. An invitation is expected. Hope is expected. But memories are not expected. They just come.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "Empire of Dreams". Book by Giannina Braschi, 1983.
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“Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : Giannina Braschi, Tess O'Dwyer (1994). “Empire of Dreams”, p.213, Yale University Press
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“Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
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“Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : Giannina Braschi (1998). “Yo-yo boing!”, Latin Amer Literary Review Press
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“I love hiccups and I love sneezes and I love blinks and I love belches and I love gluttons. I love hair. I love bears. For me, the round. For me, the world.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "Empire of Dreams". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2012.
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“Questions don't change the truth. But they give it motion.”
-- Giannina BraschiSource : "Empire of Dreams". Book by Giannina Braschi, 1988.
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