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"Tent of Miracles" Quotes
"Set in Brazil, 'Tent of Miracles' by Jorge Amado explores themes of cultural identity, racism, and social change through the story of a revered local healer and intellectual, Pedro Archanjo."
Quotes
Our family had always lived in a state of mutual tolerance and respect.
The joy of life lies in the struggle, the attempt, the suffering involved.
What people call love is nothing but a mixture of physical attraction and the need to dominate.
Every man carries within him a world of unknown possibilities.
History is the memory of a people, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
Men are not born strong, they are made strong by the challenges they face.
The past is never a dead thing; it is always alive in the present.
There is no greater force than the power of an idea.
Only by understanding the roots of one's culture can one truly understand oneself.
The spirit of a people is its most indestructible treasure.
