One thing you can't help noticing in South America and in Latin culture, generally, is how nice people are. Although when I went back to Spain - my mother lived in Spain and both my brothers lived there - after the Uruguay trip, I thought, "Oh great, Hispanic people." But they weren't nearly as nice as the Uruguayans. They're quite proud and pissed off, the Spaniards.
Martin AmisI'm afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success.
Martin AmisInsects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.
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