Who has gone hungry learns to think of the future and of the children..

The book is man's best invention so far..

I adore my black skin and my kinky hair. The Negro hair is more educated than the white man's hair. Because with Negro hair, where you put it, it sta….

will there ever be a drama more beautiful than that of eating?.

[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak ….

When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and satin cushions. And when I'm in ….

Life is just like a book. Only after you've read it do you know how it ends. It is when we are at the end of life that we know how our life ran. Mine….

I classify Sao Paolo this way: The Governor's Palace is the living room. The mayor's office is the dining room and the city is the garden. And the fa….

a poet will even face death when he sees his people oppressed..

We have only one way to be born and many ways to die..

A child is the root of the heart..

we are slaves to the cost of living..