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Nelson Rodrigues Quotes IV – Politics and Soccer

Politics I deny the belief that a politician, even the sweetest politician, possesses any moral sense. Today, people prefer that you cuss their mother out rather than call them a…

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Na antevéspera de seu fim Vou vestir-me de negro Ninguém entenderá porque Visitarei alguma igreja E rezarei o que consigo Ave-Marias e Padres Nossos Caminharei nas alamedas Irei à casa…

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III – Whole Heart, Confused Mind

On my return to Rio, I rode a ferryboat and then the subway to reach Botafogo.  It’s interesting how past and modernity coexist together. Rio is the city of antithesis,…

Nelson Rodrigues Quotes III – Love, Passion and Sex

  If we were all familiar with each other’s sexual intimacies, we would stop greeting each other. Men begin to die at their first sexual experience. Every timid person is…