Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been. -Carlos Fuentes

 

Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been.


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By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.

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If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let's all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best. -Carlos Fuentes
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They were determined. I tell them that beam, more than anything, is just mental. It's just a matter of executing.

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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.

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I wrote it to show that not all mother-in-laws are bad. -Carlos Fuentes
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Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been.

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