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José Baroja
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“I think that living only from writing is a privilege, in economic terms, that only some writers have achieved and to which, probably, all authors aspire: a difficult goal that is not impossible.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Pienso que vivir solo de la escritura es un privilegio, en términos económicos, que solo algunos escritores y escritoras han conseguido y al que, probablemente, todos los autores aspiramos: una meta dif…
“For a writer, life must be the focus that death illuminates daily.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Para un escritor la vida debe ser el foco que la muerte ilumina a diario. Zárate, Y. (2019). "José Baroja". En revista Momentos Ahora o nunca. Número 139. Tlaxcala, México; p. 24.
“It is often said that children do not read. Well, I'd say that if adults don't start reading, it's not fair to accuse little ones of not reading. They must see us with a book in our hands.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Mucho se dice que los niños no leen. Bueno, yo diría que si los adultos no comienzan a hacerlo, no es justo acusar a los más pequeños de no leer. Ellos deben vernos con un libro entre las manos. Trujill…
“Why walk with half measures, animals know much more than people, above all because they feel more freely than most of these and, therefore, as Kafka says, they are possessors of all the knowledge about this life. They are just too humble to show it off.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Para qué andar con medias tintas, los animales saben mucho más que las personas, ante todo porque sienten con más libertad que la mayoría de estas y, por ello, como dice Kafka, son poseedores de todo el…
“The memory is like the wind, sometimes warm, gentle and prone to a smile, sometimes violent, merciless and unwelcome. The memory looks like the wind, period, and that explains why the wind can bring with it the memory.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: El recuerdo se parece al viento, a veces cálido, gentil y proclive a una sonrisa, a veces violento, inmisericorde e inoportuno. El recuerdo se parece al viento, punto, y eso explica por qué el viento pu…
“No one said this would be easy (...) Writing is not. Do not forget that the pen is the tool, yes, but art must be born from you, from your readings...”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Nadie dijo que esto sería fácil (...) Escribir no lo es. No olvides que la pluma es la herramienta, sí, pero el arte debe nacer desde ti, desde tus lecturas.... Baroja, J. (2022). Guarnieri. . Retrieved…
“It's payday, reason enough for customers to cram every space in the venue looking for a beer. Today there is money ergo there is drink. Bibere ergosum.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Es día de pago, razón suficiente para que los clientes atiborren cada espacio del local en busca de una cerveza. Hoy hay dinero ergo hay trago. Bibere ergo sum.. Baroja, J. (2023). Reflejo. . Retrieved …
“God? Christ. The Virgin. This Guadalajara is so rich in cathedrals, so rich in appearances, that I am sure that these are the true foundations of the city and its misfortune: the rain washes away the sin of this world...”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: ¿Dios? Cristo. La Virgen. Esta Guadalajara es tan rica en catedrales, tan rica en apariencias, que estoy seguro de que estas son los verdaderos cimientos de la ciudad y de su infortunio: la lluvia limpi…
“That's the writer's game: everything is about us.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: He ahí el juego del escritor: todo trata sobre nosotros. Baroja, J. (2023). "Sueño en Guadalajara". En Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos. Barcelona: TerraIgnota Ediciones, ISBN:978-84-126743-5-4; p.4…
“The closest thing to purgatory is a government agency, only the first does not exist and the second is very real.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Lo más cercano al purgatorio es una dependencia del Gobierno, sólo que el primero no existe y el segundo es muy real. Baroja, J (2023). "Sueño en Guadalajara". En En Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos…
“In my words, the story is a short drink, but capable of startling you for hours, something like a little shot of tequila in the middle of a game that we have voluntarily joined.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: En mis palabras, el cuento es un trago breve, pero capaz de sobresaltarte por horas, algo así como un caballito de tequila en medio de un juego al que voluntariamente nos hemos sumado.. Grupo Ígneo (202…
“In the end, finding the Truth will always be tiring in a world full of appearances.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Encontrar la verdad siempre será fatigoso dentro de un mundo de un mundo de apariencias.. Klairet Levy, Raquel (2023). Entrevista a José Baroja. . Retrieved june 18, 2024.
“Who today asks your poem where the country is going?”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: ¿Quién hoy pregunta a tu verso hacia dónde va el país?. Baroja, J. (2018). "Preguntas para un prefacio". En Mi último invierno: antología de un hombre que está cansado. Mendoza: Editorial Equinoxio, ISB…
“Literary art feeds on the fragility of life.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: ... lo literario se alimenta de la fragilidad de la vida. Baroja, J. (2018). En El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos. Barcelona: Ediciones Oblicuas, ISBN:978-84-172694…
“Every literary work is a political act—not in the pamphleteering sense, which has done so much harm to art, but in that intimate—and sometimes devastating—way in which a phrase, an image, a character can shake the reader enough to make them doubt their own certainties.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Toda obra literaria es un acto político, no en el sentido panfletario que tanto daño ha hecho al arte, sino en ese modo íntimo, y a veces devastador, en que una frase, una imagen, un personaje pueden sa…
“The short story is [...] a coup de théâtre, aimed directly at the reader.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: El cuento es […] un golpe de efecto, directo al lector o lectora. Albornoz, A. (2025). José Baroja: conoce la historia del escritor maipucino que triunfa desde México con sus cuentos. La Voz de Maipú. .…
“Telling stories from the margins is a symbolic act of justice.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: El contar una historia desde los márgenes es una forma de justicia simbólica. Entrevista a José Baroja: «El lado oscuro de la sombra y otros ladridos». (2025, 2 junio). Grupo Ígneo - Editorial Independi…
“Literature is a political act, not driven by utility, but by the essence of being human.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: La literatura es un acto político, que no responde a lo utilitario, sino al ser humano como tal. Baraja, M. (2025, 25 julio). Entrevista a José Baroja | Terra Ignota. Terra Ignota. . Retrieved september…
“Truth does not justify gratuitous cruelty.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: La verdad no justifica la crueldad gratuita. Clasico, M. (2025b, noviembre 26). Entrevista intrapersonal confrontada: Omar Jerez con José Baroja. Mundoclasico.com. . Retrieved december 10, 2025.
“The danger is that a moment may come when we forget that school existed to think about what no business can afford to ask.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: El peligro es que llegue un momento en que olvidemos que la escuela existía para pensar aquello que ninguna empresa puede permitirse preguntar.. Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b,…
“When everything must be measured, thinking becomes suspicious.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Cuando todo debe medirse, pensar se vuelve sospechoso.. Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. . Retrieved may 27, 2026.
“Collective tragedies are not always consolidated through silence or denial. Sometimes they take hold in a far subtler way: when we learn to live with them without allowing them to significantly alter our priorities, our forms of attention, or our sensitivity to the suffering of others.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Las tragedias colectivas no siempre se consolidan mediante el silencio o la negación. A veces lo hacen de una manera mucho más sutil: cuando aprendemos a convivir con ellas sin permitir que alteren de f…
“A society is defined not only by the image it projects to the world, but also by the lives it refuses to abandon.”
José Baroja (born 1983) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original source: Una sociedad no se define únicamente por la imagen que proyecta al mundo, sino también por las vidas que se niega a abandonar.. Cuando una ciudad aprende a convivir con sus desaparecidos Mundial, memori…