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“Somehow Geryon made it to adolescence. Then he met Herakles and the kingdoms of his life all shifted down a few notches. ... Geryon was going into the Bus Depot one Friday night about three a.m. to get change to call home. Herakles stepped oof the bus from New Mexico and Geryon came fast around the corner of the platform and there it was one of those moments that is the opposite of blindness. The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
― Autobiography of Red
― Autobiography of Red

“He divided the inhabitants of the world into two groups, into those who had loved and those who had not.”
― More Stories to Remember
― More Stories to Remember

“Sucedió en un barrio peculiar de la babilónica Lima, donde reinaban en aquellos años unas pestilencias soportables. Y es que con frecuencia los trabajadores municipales estaban de huelga por semanas. SucedÃa entonces que en las madrugadas ciertos vecinos, o quizás alguno de los mismos vendedores ambulantes de la avenida que cruzaba el barrio ---alguien vio una vez al emolientero---, en una especie de rituales casi mágicos, rociaban con kerosene y les echaban fuego a los cerros de basura acumulada en las veredas. Asà se evitaba la propagación de enfermedades y de roedores, decÃan. Pero lo que querÃan aminalar esos individuos eran aquellos violentos aires nauseabundos que avanzaban sin freno por las pistas y calzadas de todo el distrito, mejor y más rápido que cualquier refinado palito de incienso de sándalo en un cuarto cerrado o que un trozo regular de palo de rosa en una capillita de provincia" (De: "Cuando algo huele mal").”
― En un tiempo de mi ciudad
― En un tiempo de mi ciudad
“Quizá les haya pasado alguna vez en la vida —como me ha pasado a mÃâ€� que llegamos a un punto en el que sencillamente dejamos de creer en todo y empezamos a no creer en nada”
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“I can finally name the creeping feeling that I felt over the past 48 hours since the R&R phase began. It is simply the realisation that this incredible trip is slowly coming to an end and that I have been dreading the return to Lima because once we end up setting foot here it means that the hardships, the challenges and the learning experiences are over.”
― Peruvian Days
― Peruvian Days

“Lima exudes a distinct ambiance, akin to a heavy rain cloud casting darkness over everything. It is a challenging place, where life offers no respite and its inhabitants remain forever vigilant against adversity.”
― Peruvian Days
― Peruvian Days

“Ah, the Pacific, the silent witness to Lima's relentless evolution since its founding, what are your secrets, will you ever tell us?”
― Peruvian Nights
― Peruvian Nights
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