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Reinaldo Arenas Quotes

I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living

I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living

Reinaldo Arenas
Favors, Want, Way
Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.9, Profile Books

Trees have a secret life that is only revealed to those willing to climb them.

Reinaldo Arenas
Tree, Secret, Willing
Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.5, Profile Books

Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light way of sweeping, as if removing the dirt were not as important as moving the broom over the ground. Her way of sweeping was symbolic; so airy, so fragile, with a broom she tried to sweep away all the horrors, all the loneliness, all the misery that had accompanied her all her life.

Reinaldo Arenas
Mother, Loneliness, Moving
Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.142, Profile Books

If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living.

Reinaldo Arenas
Want, Way, No Point
Reinaldo Arenas (2010). “Before Night Falls”, p.9, Profile Books

There’s just one place to live – the impossible.

Reinaldo Arenas
Impossible, Places To Live, Just One

Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty.

Reinaldo Arenas
Figures, Homosexual, Leonardo

To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Reinaldo Arenas
Unique, Cities, Events

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