Quotes from António Lobo Antunes

Uma coisa é o amor, outra é a relação. Não sei se, quando duas pessoas estão na cama, não estarão, de facto, quatro: as duas que estão mais as duas que um e outro imaginam.

A long time ago, I read in a book that a woman's homeland is wherever she fell in love.

It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books.

A long time ago, I read in a book that a woman's homeland is wherever she fell in love.

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi

I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that the relationship between a man and a woman can be something like a war itself, very cruel and violent.