The past is not a place we visit but a language we must cont... - Carlos Fuentes

"The past is not a place we visit but a language we must continually learn to speak"

Carlos Fuentes History

Novelist Mexican 1928–2012

More from Carlos Fuentes

"I am my language."

"The novel is born from the matrix of gossip."

"Time is a river flowing toward oblivion."

"Writing is a way to transcend reality."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."