...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.

just like everything else in life, let time take its course and it will find a solution.

When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day.

...sometimes we ask ourselves why happiness took so long to arrive, why it didn't come sooner, but appears suddenly, as now, when we've given up hope of it ever arriving, it's likely then that we won't know what to do, and rather than it being a question of choosing between laughter and tears, we will be filled by a secret anxiety to which we might not know how to respond at all.

Consciences keep silence more often than they should, that's why laws were created.