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We went with them to the favela. It was the first time in my life that I’d been to a favela. It’s a world apart. Page 229, pressure to structure

I’ve stopped reading the Leopard [Lampedusa]. It’s one of the most boring books I’ve ever read. Monotonous, stupid and pointless. I abandoned it at page 122. It’s a shame , page 159

There’s Khrushchev who allowed the poet to express himself as he wished.

He turned to God and made a solemn decision not to masturbate again. << he was defeated in the promise next day >> but found solace in a companion who was also in eternal suffering, a fellow pupil who had been masturbating during the retreat . Ashamed of his own weakness Paulo was subjected to two more sermons from Father Ruffier, which were chosen especially to instill fear into their minds.

Paulo found this an extremely difficult topic to cal with and he didn’t understand how it could be a sin. “No one on this earth can throw the first stone at me, because no one has avoided this temptation ”