"Conversation in the Cathedral" Quotes
A powerful and complex exploration of political corruption and personal disillusionment in 1950s Peru.
fiction | 623 pages | Published in 2012
Quotes
Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit present needs.
Reality is what one wants it to be, isn't that right?
The truth is, we don't even know we're drowning until we're under water.
People don't change, Santiago. They're always the same, only more so.
The truth is that everybody lies, doesn't it seem that way to you?
You can't ever leave the past behind, you know.
When there's a dictatorship, everyone is guilty. No one can see the crime and say they're innocent.
The only thing that can save us is a revolution of consciousness.
In times of crisis, people become cowards and traitors.
Lies are always more beautiful than the truth.
