Felipe González

“What society refuses to see is what most strongly defines it.”

“In the most vulnerable, there can be dignity, memory, and poetry.”

“From the margins, one can speak with irony, tenderness, and rage.”

“A stray dog listens to what no one says and sees what is hidden, making him a privileged narrator.”

“The mestizo dog is an intense allegory of the Latin American condition.”

“Proud to be a "damn South American" and not a "suck-up" to the United States.”

“School is not a daycare center.”

“Just a moment ago, he was certainly contemplating a shadow on the ground, and now he was the shadow contemplating himself.”

“I must say that in Chile, the supremacy of the Market as the all-powerful governing body has made the development of the cultural field even more difficult than in Mexico.”

“Silence has become omnipresent and seemingly infinite for many miles, even longer than your mind can remember.”

“Undoubtedly, he feared that smile”

“Having accepted this, there was nothing left but to adapt to the new conditions, a task that cost him a world or perhaps two.”

“Although he still continued to go out walking alone, it was also true that with every outing, in each of them, he used to feel something strange and dark accumulating within him.”

“He still blamed himself for having believed someone who, without a doubt, lied better than he did.”

“Can someone suffering from hunger or abuse really be encouraged to read a book?”

“It must certainly be considered true that once a work leaves our pen, it no longer belongs to us.”

“At times, he yearns for the few pockets of darkness that remain on this night so illuminated by that cursed moon, by the despicable stars, by the cursed vehicles, by the hateful city.”

“As if already destined for the seventh circle, a shudder stops him from heading toward the unknown, toward the beautifully fatal.”

“The beauty of art is in our imperfection.”