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Ramón Mauricio González Gutiérrez , known by his pen name José Baroja, is a Chilean writer, academic and editor. He is a member of the Poets of the World Movement, representative of the Neofantastic Short-story and the new Chilean narrative. Wikipedia  

✵ 4. September 1983
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José Baroja Quotes

“… sin is always far away, whether or not you are a Christian, whether or not you are a "morenista" or a "PRI" or whatever stupidity occurs to you.”

José Baroja book Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos

“We are just cogs and nuts of a few stupid people in power.”

José Baroja

Source: La Otra Historia.
Radio show.

“In democracy, wishing bad for an incoming government is like buying a gun, buying the bullets, loading it and wishing to be killed with it: sovereign dogmatic stupidity.”

José Baroja

Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

“Today the writer has to be on the ground, because it is on the ground where he is needed most.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

“We longed to be in the middle of some neophyte gaze of some library entity, of someone rediscovering paper.”

José Baroja book Mi último invierno

“We know well that there is poverty in Latin America, beyond the beauty of our nations.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

“I never feel like a text is completely finished. Over and over again I reread it, preferably out loud, until a certain tiredness leads me to send it to the editor, who will decide whether it is published or not.”

José Baroja

Source: Fondo de Cultura Económica. Entrevista de Miguel Esteban Torreblanca. https://www.fondodeculturaeconomica.com/Noticia/706



“If we focus only on making money, people's knowledge will be reduced until we become experts in our subject, but ignorant about human beings.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

“For me, the important thing is still the people.”

José Baroja

Source: Fuente: https://portal.ucm.cl/noticias/academico-la-ucm-presento-segunda-antologia-hijo-perra-otros-cuentos

“Current school education in the United States is so bad that the only thing they got in 2025 was a bad Trump.”

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

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

José Baroja book El hombre del terrón de azúcar y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja book El hombre del terrón de azúcar y otros cuentos

“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.”

José Baroja book El hombre del terrón de azúcar y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja

Source: "La Otra Historia". Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.

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

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. "La Otra Historia". Rock & Pop 1480 AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.

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

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja

Source: 1480 AM Rock & Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.

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

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“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.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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“Bad education aren't just a problem for those at the bottom or in the middle; they're also a problem for those at the top, who are certain of their untouchability.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/que-paso-en-chile-por-jose-baroja/

“Pedestrians, passersby, civilians, citizens, couples, singles, children of God, move from side to side, miserable in their ignorance.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“The moon is red, sensing the future, it has dressed up for its gala, or the Devil has decorated it.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“Has he gained weight?" He smiles a pathetic smile, seeing his reflection, sweaty and "almost dead," projected there on the glass of a dismantled display case full of mannequins.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“Such was his desire that when he mentioned that El Lazarillo was the work of an anonymous author, all he could imagine was how much he would now wish to become that absolute ANON.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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“…the stories already published acquire, over the years, a different value than they had at their genesis: whether for better or for worse.”

José Baroja

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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“Latin American government decisions, in general terms, discourage the development of the arts, turning artists into true martyrs of a cause, creating a vicious cycle in which ordinary people fail to notice the importance of cultural development, focusing on money as the axis of their lives.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

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“He still felt love for someone who had plainly and simply decided to forget him.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“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.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“The beauty of art is in our imperfection.”

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. "La Otra Historia". 1480 Rock and Pop AM. Guadalajara. Mexico.

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

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“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.”

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

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

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“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.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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“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.”

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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

José Baroja book Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

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“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.”

José Baroja

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“School is not a daycare center.”

José Baroja

Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

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

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

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“The city becomes an ideal metaphor for how I perceive human beings.”

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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“Literature must avoid propaganda or moralism if it truly wants to be critical and open.”

José Baroja

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/