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“But pity was not action. It was not love. Pity, like passion, was no more than a kind of instinct.”
― Silence
― Silence
“«No soy un nacionalista exacerbado, sin embargo siento un amor auténtico por mi país. Chile, Chile. ¿Cómo has podido cambiar tanto?, le decía a veces, asomado a mi ventana abierta, mirando el reverbero de Santiago en la lejanía. ¿Qué te han hecho? ¿Se han vuelto locos los chilenos? ¿Quién tiene la culpa? Y otras veces, mientras caminaba por los pasillos del colegio o por los pasillos del periódico, le decía: ¿Hasta cuándo piensas seguir así, Chile? ¿Es que te vas a convertir en otra cosa? ¿En un monstruo que ya nadie reconocerá?».”
― By Night in Chile
― By Night in Chile
“Lust and learning,” Katherine once said. “That’s really all there is, isn’t it?”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“There are books for when you’re bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you’re calm. The best kind, in my opinion. There are also books for when you’re sad. And there are books for when you’re happy. There are books for when you’re thirsty for knowledge. And there are books for when you’re desperate. The latter are the kind of books Ulises Lima and Belano wanted to write.”
― The Savage Detectives
― The Savage Detectives
“I did pray. I kept on Praying. But prayer did nothing to alleviate their suffering.”
― Silence
― Silence
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