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His first words were not calculated to improve the atmosphere of a gathering already considerably depressed by the deepening snow-filled twilight outside.

En cierto modo —dijo— diría que hoy es más fácil desaparecer. Con la sociedad cada vez más heterogénea, con individuos cada vez más egocéntricos, ¿a quién puede importarle que una persona más, una menos, se escurra sin ruido a través de los movimientos mecánicos de una mínima participación social?

But what about the creatures whose flesh he's carrying there? A few days ago they were alive. They too have souls. They too are God's children. They were quite possibly made of better material than human beings. Since they were sinless, they were certainly more innocent. But day after day they are ritually sacrificed-angels in the shape of oxen, calves, sheep. I once wanted to become a vegetarian. I wanted everything-and I never got further than wanting.

If one knew the truth how could there be freedom? If hell and paradise were in the middle of the marketplace, everyone would be a saint.

Misfortune draws people to religion and mysticism

A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.

Schopenhauer was right. It's all that blind will to prolong the human tragedy.

When I think that Kafka loved this creature, dreamed about her, I am ashamed for man and his illusions.

A restlessness peculiar to people who turn the night into day hung in the air.

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.

She has a fixation on love. Strong trouble. The girl left her window open one clear night and it crawled into her body while she was asleep. There's no spell can cure it.

I realized that she had simply fulfilled her mission in this life and that she had escaped another dimension where her spirit, finally free of its material burden, would be more at home

Mario no tenía humor para la chabacanería y había superado hacía años cualquier tendencia a la promiscuidad

No, literature was definitely not a reasonable career path in a country like Chile where intellectual scorn for women was absolute.

The Poet's funeral had turned into the symbolic burial of freedom.

Respira, hombre!Si respiras te prometo que hoy sin falta le quito el pestillo a la puerta de mi pieza.- Cuentan que Feliciano alcanzo a sonreír antes de que corazón le reventara

Estaba interesado en leer a Marx, un judío que provocaba revoluciones en todo el mundo.

Allende was the first Marxist to win the presidency of a country through a democratic vote. The eyes of the world turned toward Chile.

Since the bribes didn't work, the CIA planned to kidnap the commander in chief of the armed forces

Alma Belasco had caught her attention. She stood

prefer the gifts of several good witches I know: purpose, compassion, and good humor.

Se lo contó a Clara en sus cartas y ésta respondió que no debía temer a los muertos, sino a los vivos, porque a pesar de su mala fama, nunca se supo que las momias atacaran a nadie; por el contrario, eran de naturaleza más bien tímida.

oral contract, which if it lacked legal value was