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Nelson Rodrigues Quotes

1912–1980 Brazil

Nelson Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. During a long and prolific career, Rodrigues, who called himself "a pornographic angel," unflinchingly explored the darker side of the human psyche.

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Random Nelson Rodrigues quote

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Money buys everything, even true love.

Husbands shouldn't be the last to know. Husbands should never know!

A thunderous boo is one thousand times stronger, nobler, and more powerful than a standing ovation. Admiration corrupts.

I envy stupidity, stupidity is eternal.

Only the prophets see the obvious.

Love is impossible without bite marks.

The keyhole is my lens as a writer.

All women like a beating.

To save the audience we must fill the stage with murderers, adulterers and madmen; in short, we must fire a salvo of monsters at them. They are our monster which we will temporarily free ourselves from only to face another day.

Unanimity is always stupid.

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