“We are like dogs, cats, cows, rats ... What separates us from them and from the remaining matches against mammals is negligible. To have the same diseases. Rats spread plague like us, but we are just as contagious as them. And the dogs get diabetes, like we do, and get cancer, like us. And age, like us. And die, like us. Why then the biblical claim that man is the king of creation? Perhaps because only man has developed spoken language, the words, wherein lies its prodigious ability to lie.”
Quote by Fernando Vallejo
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Fernando Vallejo
Fernando Vallejo is a renowned Colombian novelist known for his unique literary style and profound insights into the social realities of Latin America. His works often use history and reality as a backdrop to explore the relationship between individuals and society. more
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