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“There is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.”
H.L. Mencken“This story, which takes place one a Sunday in July in a hot, deserted Lisbon, is the Requiem that the character I refer to as “I” was called on to perform in this book. Were someone to ask me why I wrote this story in Portuguese, I would answer simply that a story like this could only be written in Portuguese; it's as simple as that. But there is something else that needs explaining. Strictly speaking, a Requiem should be written in Latin, at least that's what tradition prescribes. Unfortunately, I don't think I'd be up to it in Latin. I realised though that I couldn't write a Requiem in my own language and I that I required a different language, one that was for me A PLACE OF AFFECTION AND REFLECTION.”
Antonio Tabucchi, Requiem: A Hallucination“Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival the departure.”
Portuguese proverb“Visits always give pleasure--if not the arrival, the departure.”
Portuguese Proverb“Street performances?""A little singing. A little martial arts. Some interpretive dance.""Wow.""I know! The Portuguese have taste.”
Nico and Gleeson Hedge“My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.”
Nikki Reed