Reinaldo Arenas quotes
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“Trees have a secret life that is only revealed to those willing to climb them.”
-- Reinaldo ArenasSource : Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.5, Profile Books
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“Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light way of sweeping, as if removing the dirt were not as important as moving the broom over the ground. Her way of sweeping was symbolic; so airy, so fragile, with a broom she tried to sweep away all the horrors, all the loneliness, all the misery that had accompanied her all her life...”
-- Reinaldo ArenasSource : Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.142, Profile Books
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“I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living”
-- Reinaldo ArenasSource : Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.9, Profile Books
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“To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
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“There’s just one place to live – the impossible.”
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“Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty.”
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“If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living.”
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“There’s just one place to live – the impossible.”
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“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.”
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Source : A. E. Waite (2012). “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot”, p.46, Courier Corporation
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“Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.”
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“To get rid of predestination we have been willing to degrade our God into a godling.”
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