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Quotes by Paraguayan Authors

"What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them."
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Augusto Roa Bastos
"What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them."
"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."
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Augusto Roa Bastos
"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."
"I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised."
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Alfredo Stroessner
"I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised."
"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."
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Augusto Roa Bastos
"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."
"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference."
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Augusto Roa Bastos
"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference."
"There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay."
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Alfredo Stroessner
"There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay."
"We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay."
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Alfredo Stroessner
"We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay."
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