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I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was a diplomat. Therefore, I grew up in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the United States, I studied in Switzerland - so I've always had perspective on my country - I am thankful for that.

Carlos Fuentes
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Carlos Fuentes's Popular Quotes

I have no literary fears.

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Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.

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Writing is a struggle against silence.

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chaos: it has no plural.

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Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate.

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Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.

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The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of…

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Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.

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I need, therefore I imagine.

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