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How did Guimarães Rosa not get a Nobel Prize?This is an ubiquitous question. Academics all around the world, from Slovenia to Japan, are simply dazzled by the fact that this man, without a doubt the most talented Brazilian writer of all time, did not ...more "
“Por perigos, que por diante estivessem, eu aumentava os quilates do meu regozijo.”
― Grande sertão: veredas
― Grande sertão: veredas
“I face death, rather than avoid it. I climb anyway. Somehow I manage to handle the comings and goings of partners and loved ones. I pay homage, but I also move on. I don't know about whatever might come with death. Little by little I understand what it is that comes before: the life we are all living through right now. I see how easy it is to die in those beautiful places. I have lost many friends to the loveliness and horror of ice and stone walls. I still cry for them, for myself. The beauty of the high places is tempered by threat and danger. I remember the struggles won and lost up there. Every situation in life has its black side. Every human being on this planet would love to make that side go away. Wishing it away, ignoring the danger and the consequences, they can make believe it no longer exists. I refuse this option.”
― Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
― Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
“Se amanhã meu dia for, em depois d'amanhã não me vejo.”
― Grande sertão: veredas
― Grande sertão: veredas
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