Mia Couto Quotes

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”

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“Every morning the gazelle wakes up knowing she must run faster than the lion or will be dead. Every morning the lion wakes up knowing he must run faster than the gazelle or he'll starve. It doesn't matter if you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun rises you better start to run.”

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel

“There is only a way of escape from a place: is leaving ourselves. There is only a way of leaving ourselves: is loving someone.”

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel

“In war, the poor are killed. In peace, the poor dies.”

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel

“There is only a way of escape from a place: is leaving ourselves. There is only a way of leaving ourselves: is loving someone. Só há um modo de escapar de um lugar: é sairmos de nós. Só há um modo de sairmos de nós: é amarmos alguém.”

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel