To write is to bleed onto the page the suffering and joy of ... - José María Arguedas

"To write is to bleed onto the page the suffering and joy of those who have no voice in the written word."

José María Arguedas Literature

Novelist Peruvian 1911–1969

More from José María Arguedas

"I am not just an Indian, I am a Peruvian, and I belong to all humanity."

"The world is beautiful, but man has made it ugly with his indifference."

"Language is the soul of a people."

"To write is to remember what we have forgotten."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."