José Baroja: Trending quotes (page 3)

“In a certain way, I think that literature is capable of effectively uncovering and revealing many more “layers” of the framework that composes and hides our society and ourselves. That is, it is capable of bringing us closer to something that, for lack of a better word, I will call “Truth,” and that applies to Art itself, more than to History, more than to Anthropology, or more than to any other branch of the Social Sciences.”

“When politicians take over public transportation, public health, public education—that is, live like ordinary people and not like rich people—everything will be better.”

“Today, going to schools is essential, since, just as doctors have a duty to protect life, writers must spread literature, because literature is in itself, along with art in general, the greatest form of freedom we still have.”

“Urban movement and noise help me speak poetically about the social world.”

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

“Beware of nuns and priests, they will make you doubt your faith.”

“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.”

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

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

“Literature is an act of communion.”

“Literature that hurts is often the one that best tells a complex truth.”

“While it's true that, recently, Ramiro Gutiérrez had shown a tendency toward tearful and painful literature, he had never felt the same way, for example, as the pathetic Werther or the gallant Don Quixote.”

“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.”