Oscar Hijuelos Quotes

Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.

Oscar Hijuelos

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• Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Thinking
  • Past
  • Present