It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.

Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful

I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me.

After awhile you could get used to anything.

Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland

If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.