Jorge Amado quotes

Love--the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world. (Jorge Amado)
The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises. View quote
Jorge Amado
Love is not to be proven or measured... It exists, and that is enough. View quote
Jorge Amado
Life was good, one had only to live it. View quote
Jorge Amado
Night was running ahead of itself. View quote
Jorge Amado
I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones. View quote
Jorge Amado
Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time. View quote
Jorge Amado
I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that the greatest hero of the Brazilian novel is the Brazilian people. View quote
Jorge Amado
That's the very reason why love is eternal, because it is forever renewed. Passions die, love remains. View quote
Jorge Amado
I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people. View quote
Jorge Amado
The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read. (Jorge Amado)