Augusto Roa Bastos Quotes

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
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.
Augusto Roa Bastos

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
Augusto Roa Bastos

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them.
Augusto Roa Bastos