Quotes From "I The Supreme" By Augusto Roa Bastos

It is not by believing but by doubting that one...
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It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition. Augusto Roa Bastos
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Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false. Augusto Roa Bastos
To write does not mean to convert the real into...
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To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. Augusto Roa Bastos
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Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible. Augusto Roa Bastos
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The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words. Augusto Roa Bastos
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The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness. Augusto Roa Bastos