Quotes from Conversation in the Cathedral

“Aquí cambian las personas, teniente, nunca las cosas.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“I know what a man feels close to the woman he loves, but he's affraid to do anything”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“—Con dogmáticos o con inteligentes, el Perú estará siempre jodido —dijo Carlitos—. Este país empezó mal y acabará mal. Como nosotros, Zavalita.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“Ninguna otra novela me ha dado tanto trabajo; por eso, si tuviera que salvar del fuego una sola de las que he escrito, salvaría ésta.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“allí. Un gran canchón rodeado de un muro ruin de adobes color caca —el color de Lima, piensa, el color del Perú—, flanqueado por chozas que, a lo lejos, se van mezclando y espesando hasta convertirse en un laberinto de esteras, cañas, tejas, calaminas.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“¿Quería de veras un consejo, piensa, sabía que estabas enamorado de ella y quería saber si te atreverías a decírselo? Qué habría dicho si yo, piensa, qué habría yo si ella. Piensa: ay, Zavalita.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“¿En qué momento se había jodido el Perú?”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“automóviles, edificios desiguales y descoloridos, esqueletos de avisos luminosos flotando en la neblina, el mediodía gris. ¿En qué momento se había jodido el Perú?”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“Se había acordado de algo que le dijo Trifulcio esa noche, la víspera de su partida a Lima, cuando caminaban a oscuras: estoy en Chincha y siento que no estoy, reconozco todo y no reconozco nada.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“Ya se sentía bastante jodido aquí, niño, allá ese día además de jodido se había sentido viejísimo.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

“Hasta la lluvia andaba jodida en este país. Piensa:”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Conversation in the Cathedral

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