“I won't stand for censorship, not even from Jesus Christ.”

— Nélson Rodrigues

"Flor de Obsessão: as 1000 melhores frases de Nelson Rodrigues" - Published by Companhia das Letras, 1992 ISBN 8571646678, 9788571646674

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Brazilian writer and playwright 1912–1980

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