“History is not the soil in which happiness grows. The periods of happiness in it are the blank pages of history.”
― The Philosophy of History
― The Philosophy of History
“Aquí cambian las personas, teniente, nunca las cosas.”
― Conversación en La Catedral
― Conversación en La Catedral
“Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do. The minor choices we make are a kind of vote, making it more or less likely that free and fair elections will be held in the future. In the politics of the everyday, our words and gestures, or their absence, count very much.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“—Con dogmáticos o con inteligentes, el Perú estará siempre jodido —dijo Carlitos—. Este país empezó mal y acabará mal. Como nosotros, Zavalita.”
― Conversación en La Catedral
― Conversación en La Catedral
Sebastian’s 2024 Year in Books
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