Nelson Rodrigues Quotes

Brazilian writer and playwright (1912–1980)

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Nelson Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. During a long and prolific career, Rodrigues, who called himself "a pornographic angel," unflinchingly explored the darker side of the human psyche. He is one of the most quoted Brazilians of all time, with entire books dedicated to his sayings.

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Pen Names: Suzana Flag • Myrna

Alternative Names: Nélson Rodrigues • Susana Flag • Nelson Falcão Rodrigues

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If life turns her back on you, grab her ass.

Man finds happiness only in the superfluous. Under communism, he has only the essentials. How abominable and ridiculous!

"À sombra das chuteiras imortais: crônicas de futebol", de Nelson Rodrigues, Ruy Castro - Publicado por Companhia das Letras, 1993 , 9788571643208 - 197 páginas, Página 102

Any individual is greater than the Milky Way.

Unanimity is always stupid.

It's very hard not to be a scoundrel nowadays. Everywhere there are pressures that work towards our personal and collective debasement.

The young have all the same flaws adults do. Plus one: immaturity.

Saturday is an illusion.

Adulthood does not exist. Man is an eternal child.

Love is eternal. If it ends, it wasn't love.

To save the audience we must fill the stage with murderers, adulterers and madmen; in short, we must fire a salvo of monsters at them. They are our monster which we will temporarily free ourselves from only to face another day.

To love is to be faithful to those who cheat on us.

I only believe in those who can still blush.

To be the best in the world in anything, even 'long distance spitting', implies a grave, heavy and suffocating responsibility.

Revista Caras-Edição 914,n°19