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God invented music so poor people could be happy.

— José Eduardo Agualusa A General Theory of Oblivion (2012)

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Monsters, show me the monsters: these people out on the street.

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I have understood over these last years that in order to believe in God, it is essential to have trust in humanity. There is no God without humanity.

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When people look at clouds they do not see their real shape, which is no shape at all, or every shape, because they are constantly changing. They see whatever it is that their heart yearns for.

A General Theory of Oblivion (2012)

If I still had the space, charcoal, and available walls, I could compose a great work about forgetting: a general theory of oblivion.

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Nothing happened today. I slept. While asleep I dreamed that I was sleeping.

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