Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.
Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure...but it is also an experience of learning what and how we are, in our human integrity and our … - Mario Vargas Llosa
Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure...but it is also an experience of learning what and how we are, in our human integrity and our …
- Mario Vargas Llosa
One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser. - Mario Vargas Llosa
One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.
Writers are the exorcists of their own demons. - Mario Vargas Llosa
Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.
We must mistrust utopias: they usually end in holocausts. - Mario Vargas Llosa
We must mistrust utopias: they usually end in holocausts.
No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes because, unlike t… - Mario Vargas Llosa
No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes because, unlike t…
I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness. - Mario Vargas Llosa
I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.
You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like … - Mario Vargas Llosa
You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like …
Violence represents the worst kind of conformism. - Mario Vargas Llosa
Violence represents the worst kind of conformism.
The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if possible, eliminating romantic love from your l… - Mario Vargas Llosa
The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if possible, eliminating romantic love from your l…
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