Lima Barreto Quotes

1881–1922 Brazil

Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (May 13, 1881 – November 1, 1922) was a Brazilian author who is considered one of the best satirical writers in Brazilian literature.

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Bruzundanga's literature is ruled by cute, rhyming and tasteless sonnets.

Os Bruzundangas (1923)

The great question is: from which country shall we copy the Constitution?

Os Bruzundangas (1923)

It was a rude, brutal and purposely ugly book. However, it was an honest book.

Recordações do Escrivão Isaias Caminha (1909)

The true love is a state of half-madness, of some kind of soft obsession, ruling a so delicate kind of feeling that can lead a person from the greatest happiness to the most dreadful pain.

Clara dos Anjos (1948)

We are nothing in this life.

Clara dos Anjos (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lima Barreto (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.