Whoever writes today and desires to live tomorrow, they must belong to the day, to the hour, to the moment in which they wield the pen. If an author is ahead of their time, it must be for foreseeing the future, not for unearthing dead ideas and words.

Quien escribe hoi i desea vivir mañana, debe pertenecer al día, a la hora, al momento en que maneja la pluma. Si un autor sale de su tiempo, ha de ser par'adivinar las cosas futuras, no para desenterrar ideas i palabras muertas.

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