Fernando Vallejo

"Death is the only honest ending to any story."

"Perseverance without purpose is just stubbornness."

"Gratitude is the sentiment of those who have given up on justice."

"The imagination is where we go when reality becomes unbearable."

"Knowledge without doubt is the beginning of dogmatism."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the acceptance of it."

"Technology promises to liberate us but only enslaves us further."

"The leader who claims to know the answers is the most dangerous."

"Work is the curse that society imposes on those without inheritance."

"Dreams are the mind's way of rehearsing its own failures."

"Humor is the only weapon against the darkness of existence."

"Beauty is a conspiracy of nature to distract us from truth."

"Patience is a virtue only for those without power."

"Kindness is often mistaken for weakness by the cruel."

"Strength is measured not by what we overcome, but by what we endure."

"Fear is the most honest emotion; all others are pretense."

"Money is the only language that all countries speak fluently."

"Health is the slowest possible way to die."

"Adventure is what we call suffering that hasn't yet revealed its purpose."

"The author is not the creator of the book; the book creates the author."

"Every historical event is a tragedy viewed from a sufficient distance."

"Philosophy begins where language fails us."

"Political ideologies are cages with different designs but the same bars."

"War is what happens when words run out of patience."

"Motivation is just the beginning of self-deception."

"Inspiration comes not from genius but from desperation."

"Relationships are the laboratories where we practice our cruelties."

"Solitude is the only place where truth can be approached."

"The artist's duty is to make the invisible visible and unbearable."

"Science explains how things work but not why they matter."