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1 " She had the human look of a domesticated animal. "
― Agustina Bazterrica , Tender is the Flesh
2 " Ese era el discurso oficial. Las palabras con el peso necesario para modelarnos, para suprimir cualquier cuestionamiento, piensa "
3 " - ¿Usted tiene dilemas morales con esto, le parece atroz?- De ninguna manera. El ser humano es un ser complejo y a mi me deslumbran las vilezas, contradicciones y sublimidades de nuestra condición. La existencia sería de un gris exasperante si todos fuésemos impolutos.- Pero entonces, ¿por qué lo califica como atroz?- Porque lo es. Pero eso es lo maravilloso, que aceptemos nuestras desmesuras, que las naturalicemos, que abracemos nuestra esencia primitiva. "
4 " Su cerebro le advierte que hay palabras que encubren el mundo.Hay palabras que son convenientes, higiénicas, legales. "
5 " Él usa las palabras técnicas para referirse a eso que es un humano, pero nunca va a llegar a ser una persona, a eso que es siempre un producto. "
6 " un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es. "
7 " ¿Cuántos corazones tienen que ser guardados en cajas para que el dolor se transforme en otra cosa? Pero el dolor, intuye, es lo único que lo hace seguir respirando. Sin la tristeza, no le queda nada. "
8 " No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto". "
9 " Because hatred gives one strength to go on; it maintains the fragile structure, it weaves the threads together so that emptiness doesn’t take over everything. "
10 " He tried to hate all of humanity for being so fragile and ephemeral but he couldn't keep it up because hating everyone is the same as hating no one. "
11 " there are words that cover up the world. "
12 " Naming children after their parents is stripping them of an identity, reminding them who they belong to. "
13 " I don't get why a person's smile is considered attractive when someone smiles, they're showing their skeleton. "
14 " The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus. "
15 " He tried to hate God but he doesn’t believe in God. He tried to hate all of humanity for being so fragile and ephemeral but he couldn’t keep it up because hating everyone is the same as hating no one. "
16 " Does this pose a moral dilemma for you? Do you find it atrocious?” he asks. “Not at all. The human being is complex and I find the vile acts, contradictions, and sublimities characteristic of our condition astonishing. Our existence would be an exasperating shade of gray if we were all flawless. "
17 " know that when I die somebody’s going to sell my flesh on the black market, one of my awful distant relatives. That’s why I smoke and drink, so I taste bitter and no one gets any pleasure out of my death.” She takes a quick drag and says, “Today I’m the butcher, tomorrow I might be the cattle. "
18 " After all, since the world began, we’ve been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we’ve been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical. "
19 " No one can call them humans because that would mean giving them an identity. They call them product, or meat, or food. Except for him; he would prefer not to have to call them by any name. "
20 " There is something about her he'd like to break "
