...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary proofs or on the evidence of his own eyes, which is always overestimated.
Jorge AmadoMany things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.
Jorge AmadoI have already told you Father, more than once: Iโm not going to subject myself to a husband chosen for me, Iโm not going to bury myself in some planterโs kitchen, and Iโm not going to be a servant to some doctor or lawyer in Ilhรฉus. I want to live my own life. When I finish school at the end of the year, I want to go to work in an office
Jorge Amado