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Explicar (a quote from Jorge Amado)

25 Saturday Jun 2016

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“Para que explicar? Nada desejo explicar. Explicar é limitar.” –Jorge Amado

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[‘Why explain? There’s nothing I wish to explain. To explain is to limit.’]

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