Felipe González

“The beauty of art is in our imperfection.”

“Probably those once accompanied walks had turned out to be such an intense, though brief, experience that, beyond time, his subconscious continued to long for a presence that was no longer there.”

“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.”

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

“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?”

“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.”

“Undoubtedly, he feared that smile”

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

“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.”

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

“Good literature should disturb the status quo, not preach.”

“One could say I understand the city as an entity that shapes those who inhabit it, even though, in the process, it can become an anthropophagous being, merciless—especially toward the less privileged.”

“Politicians should live like ordinary citizens.”

“Trump supporters are just now realizing that Superman is the Immigrant.”

“His life had been a sum of half-hearted decisions.”