Warren Eyster Quotes

#1. It would not be until darkness had taken indisputable control over the land, until the flames of the bonfire created an unreal world of shadows, until tequila and mescal untied men from their somber selves.

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#2. The United States is democratic because its people live in conformity. It is the perfect country for mice.

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#3. Pity womankind, but never a woman.

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#4. There are hundreds of miracles within a single machine. Americans calmly explain these with mathematical formulas. Our difficulty is to learn, theirs to appreciate.

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#5. Fiestas always began as if they were being held in a parlor, amid teacups.

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#6. In the distance, mongrel dogs were howling out the coyote portion of their ancestry. All the sounds of the night seemed to pass through a hollow tunnel of indefinite length.

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#7. Such a brute should underneath all his braggart tricks, his viciousness, his vileness, be a coward. But I am convinced that he was not. Because even cowardice requires a certain degree of sensitivity, and a certain value for life.

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#8. Love is everything unusual about a usual person.

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#9. As long as there are people in exile, there will be people who want to get back to their native soil.

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#10. The best way to avoid becoming a scapegoat is to find one.

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#11. The world is in me and you are not even in the world yet.

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#12. Poverty in western Mexico is an Unconditional Sentence.

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#13. Out of the mouths of babes comes only bubbles. Out of the mouths of men like me, only babble.

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#14. The history of our country has taught us, above all, the virtue of patience. It will be many generations before we can have the conditions we seek.

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#15. Lopez made sandals out of one tire. He sold them at ten cents each, because people sometimes needed only one.

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#16. My eyes are my greatest sin.

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#17. We have been living through a time of sorrow. Our seed remains seed. Our nostrils are dusty.

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#18. Already he was realizing that he would be more ashamed of her in the city than he was here. Then, quite suddenly, he was not ashamed of her, but of himself. Deeply ashamed.

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#19. It seems to be Latin American destiny to always have the United States say 'amen.

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#20. Feeling the inevitable claim of the this desert, he experienced a desire to throw off his civilized costume, hurl himself upon Josephina, either succumb, or return to Guadalajara, where men could only complain of having too many buttons to button or unbutton...

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#21. He was given a ranch, and two lovely mistresses. 'Imagine, at thirty, I was put out to stud. And we Latins are such drowsy pigs that I almost fell for it.

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#22. Throughout world history, all freedom has been no more than repetitious abolishment of what has already been abolished. There is no end to the killing of weeds.

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#23. We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own.

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#24. Someday men will learn to irrigate and spread fertilizer instead of praying for fertility.

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#25. A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing.

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#26. Think what devils chase a man who cannot sleep in his own house.

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#27. Manuel was sent to Harvard, where he developed a profound contempt for American culture. 'The Americans,' he would say, 'brush their teeth before kissing and remember a page to answer a question.

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#28. We are born with our father's names. We are not responsible for their failures. We are responsible for what they made us believe in. That is our only obligation. And it is even then a choice which we may sometimes be wise to ignore.

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#29. Outside, he had a sudden feeling that at moments there was too much light for human eyes. It caused men to feel weak and befuddled.

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#30. Like all vain men, he had moments of unreasonable confidence.

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#31. He never did rid himself of the feeling that he had been denied his rightful place. It kept him from being good-natured, and made him unwilling to forget grudges.

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#32. There was nothing abstract or theoretical in his world. The stars had no significance. The sky was not interesting unless it showed probability of rain. He ate corn, corn, corn. He ate beans, beans, beans.

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