Antonio Tabucchi
Writer
1943-09-24 – 2012-03-25
Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic noted for novels, short fiction, and essays, including Pereira Maintains. His work was deeply influenced by Portuguese literature, especially Fernando Pessoa.
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Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi
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I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.
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Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
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I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.
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