Jose Lezama Lima Quotes

• If you must go nowhere, step out.

  Jose Lezama Lima

  Steps, Ifs

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• Give me the outside of all things, I am a fanatic for the externality of things.

  Jose Lezama Lima

  Giving, Give Me, All Things

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• The violet sea longs for the birth of gods,
  for to be born here is an unspeakable feast,
  a drumroll of commanding retinues and tritons.

  Jose Lezama Lima

  Sea, Violet, Birth

  José Lezama Lima (2005). “José Lezama Lima: Selections”, p.9, Univ of California Press

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• The soul started at the knee-cap and ended at the navel.

  Jose Lezama Lima

  Soul, Knees, Caps

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• The revolutionary simpleton is everywhere.

  Jose Lezama Lima

  Revolutionary, Simpletons

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