Cervantes Prize Recipient

Famous quotes containing the words cervantes, prize and/or recipient:

“Does the devil possess you? You’re leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

“To become a token woman—whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters—is to become something less than a man ... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)