13 Quotes by Armando Lucas Correa

I was almost twelve years old when I decided to kill my parents.

She knew well that no matter how the author fashions his characters, no matter which words he chooses, it is always the reader who holds the power of interpretation.

Take a good look at them, Mama. We were a wretched mass of fleeing people who had been kicked out of our homes. In just a few seconds, we had become immigrants, something she never wanted to accept. She had to face reality now. Suddenly.

The heart can resist all kinds of physical trauma, but sadness can destroy it in a second. So no sadness in this house!

We lived on illusions and woke up far too late.

What most disturbed her was being at the mercy of the unknown, of distance, of time.

We can’t spend our lives constantly starting over. A generation goes by, they destroy us. We start over, ad they destroy us again. Is that our fate?

In the end, the scent of books, even of autumn, depends on our sense of smell.

You need to know where you come from. You need to know how to make peace with the past.