The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
About Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastoswas a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor.
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The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
Paraguayan writer
Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
Paraguayan writer
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.
Paraguayan writer
What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what’s behind them.
Paraguayan writer