Felipe González

“The urban allows me to explore those contradictions without falling into propagandistic or moralistic discourse; an essential matter, in my view, when it comes to literature.”

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

“In the end, finding the Truth will always be tiring in a world full of appearances.”

“They never noticed the one who, silently, sustained this story, chose the future, set the guidelines for their memories and desires.”

“Probably, the eccentricities of those who visited the establishment meant nothing to him, especially if they were accompanied by a generous tip.”

“…the literary feeds on that fragility of life.”

“We cannot be naive: the literature book will not solve poverty by itself”

“…sometimes I feel like I betray the writer when I try to teach literature.”

“Literature is the emotional biography of a human being who has dared to write it.”

“…over time he would realize that the higher he was, the less danger he was in and the more he controlled the ever-ready mass.”

“Mexico is a beautiful country in its tremendous contradictions.”

“That apartment was the only property he truly owned—his own as much as a rental can be.”

“Overcome by that mix of cowardice and curiosity typical of 1980s horror movies, where we all knew the protagonists shouldn’t go that way, he knew he shouldn’t look—but he did.”

“Los Prisioneros were always right: for the 'gringos,' Latin America is still just one country south of the United States.”

“In the end, it's just everyday life and forgetting, because there's nothing fantastic about people having to die every day.”

“The biggest mistake of the average wage earner is forgetting that no company has or will ever have a human heart.”

“Neofascism dresses up in makeup, glamour, and pure spectacle.”

“…the Moon is there, up above, still, shining, hiding every wound that time has marked her body.”

“She was such a beautiful, delicate apparition that she was on the verge of reciting a verse by Huidobro or Neruda right there, dedicated, by the way, to the little rose.”