Quotes by Chilean authors

"Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread"

"You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks"

"I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom"

"That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition"

"Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals"

"A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring"

"Our best comes out when we have honest discussions"

"Hope is the raw material of losers"

"When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past"

"But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well"

"I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power"

"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances"

"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today"

"At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues"