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01Undated

Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.

Antonio Munoz Molina / quote

02Undated

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

Antonio Munoz Molina / quote

03Undated

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

Antonio Munoz Molina / quote

04Undated

I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.

Antonio Munoz Molina / quote