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To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light way of sweeping, as if removing the dirt were not as important as moving the broom over the ground. Her way of sweeping was symbolic; so airy, so fragile, with a broom she tried to sweep away all the horrors, all the loneliness, all the misery that had accompanied her all her life...
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Trees have a secret life that is only revealed to those willing to climb them.
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I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living
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Yet would we die as some have done: Beating a way for the rising sun.
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Reinaldo Arenas
Born:
July 16, 1943
Died:
December 7, 1990
(aged 47)
Bio:
Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for Fidel Castro and the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government.
Known for:
Before Night Falls
Singing from the well (1967)
Farewell to the Sea (1987)
Old Rosa (1989)
The Doorman (1987)
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