Fernando Vallejo

"Music is the language of those who have nothing else to say."

"Nature is beautiful precisely because it is indifferent to our suffering."

"Hope is the cruelest invention of human consciousness."

"Freedom is the burden we all carry but few acknowledge."

"Justice is a concept invented by the weak to constrain the strong."

"Creativity without conflict produces only decoration."

"I have learned more from my failures than any teacher could teach."

"The old always war against the new because they fear becoming irrelevant."

"Wisdom is knowing what cannot be known and accepting that knowledge."

"Love between people is just mutual use with better intentions."

"The voice of conscience is just the voice of social conditioning."

"Every friendship is a transaction disguised as affection."

"Family is the first prison we willingly enter."

"Happiness is a brief moment of unconsciousness about reality."

"Success is defined by those who have already failed."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but continuing despite it."

"The only truth is that all truths are partial and self-serving."

"Death reminds us that all our struggles are ultimately absurd."

"The persevering person is often just too stubborn to quit."

"We are grateful only when we have no other option."

"Patience is the virtue of those waiting for something better."

"Kindness is often the cruelest deception we offer."

"Strength grows from accepting our weakness, not denying it."

"Our deepest fears reveal our truest desires."

"Power corrupts, but powerlessness embitens."

"Money is the only god in which everyone truly believes."

"Health is an illusion that disappears when you pay attention."

"Adventure is suffering with a narrative that gives it meaning."

"The imagination creates monsters to help us tolerate reality."

"Technology extends our reach but diminishes our depth."