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“The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the Unabridged Dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing factory.”

Edwin Grant Conklin (1863–1952) American biologist and zoologist

Quoted in: Cliffe Knechtle (1986) Give Me an Answer, p. 70

“There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious out-look; from whose windows you can see across the river of death, and into the shining city beyond; but how often are these neglected for the lower ones, which have earthward-looking windows!”

Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and activist

Source: Life Thoughts (1858), p. 16

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”

Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

“We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.”

Abraham Isaac Kook book Orot

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“But I had loved him. I loved him longer and truer than I had anyone in my whole life and I would probably never love anyone that way again. Which to be honest was almost a relief.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

Source: It's Not Summer Without You

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“Telling stories from the margins is a symbolic act of justice.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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

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

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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

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

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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 (1983) Chilean author and editor

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 (1983) Chilean author and editor

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

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

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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

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“School is not a daycare center.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

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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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“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 (1983) Chilean author and editor

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

“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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“Undoubtedly, he feared that smile”

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

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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