Glenn Russell

“Airports, on the other hand, are like airport bestsellers. They’re easy to read, you forget them quickly, you promise yourself to never again succumb to their temptation, and yet the brightness, those signs, those letters in metallic relief . . . And the passengers who consume those airport bestsellers are increasingly worthy of them. Beings with decreasing capacity for concentration, robots of flesh and bone who can’t go even a minute without connecting to their devices and extensions, as if they were waiting for the confirmation of the success of a sports star they idolize or the news that they’ve become fathers or mothers, even though their respective spouses are right there beside them in that very moment, looking after little kids hooked up to tablets where they surf without waves or a beach.”
― Rodrigo Fresán, The Invented Part

“After all, if we stop to think, the stars have been fleeing from us from the very beginning. Every night they're further away, though they give the impression of being in the same place.
But we shouldn't feel lonely as a result.
No. Not at all.
As long as there's a fire there will be a story waiting to be told. And then we'll open our mouths wide and swallow all that we can of the night.
And, for the first time, the same song will begin.”
― Luis Sagasti, Bellas artes

“Sometimes I am convinced that triangle is another name for stupidity, that eight times eight is madness or a dog.”
― Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

“To the end of his life he remained convinced of the high calling of the genuine artist, and he knew that artists must sometimes toil in obscurity, and in the face of prevailing public opinion.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales