The Mutations Quotes

“Because, after all, pain was essentially knowledge.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“She had never shown any sign of clinging to religion or even to optimism, that secular superstition.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“His academic performance was substandard and his ability to attract women superhuman.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“If Eduardo rushed into trying to attract her and failed, the setback could harden his neurotic defenses and activate the explosive misogyny lodged in the hearts of all unsatisfied men.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“No wonder the Lacanian school still had its followers: it was the only one that prevented its adherents from giving away just how pedestrian the mind of the analyst was, how vulnerable to the patient’s influence, to the projection of its own fears and desires.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“Eduardo had a psychosomatic coughing fit.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“She felt a visceral urge to interrupt him, to confront him with his fundamental need to break free from his neurotic prison. But Eduardo kept talking incessantly, caressing the squeaky-clean bars of his cell.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“There were two possibilities: either she had, or had not, tried the chorizo sopes. (In those days, vegetarians were so unusual that this likelihood needn’t be factored into the equation.) These two possibilities branched off into four potential answers: If she replied that she had indeed tried them and they were delicious, his advances could continue aggressively. If she admitted that she had tried them but made no further comment, he would have to proceed with caution. If she had not tried the sopes and indeed did not care to, the mission would have to be aborted. But if she hadn’t tried them, and proceeded to take one, he would be close to full triumph. Ramón was convinced he had every possible outcome under control, but he hadn’t considered the chance that she might respond analytically.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones

“Nunca había dado muestras de ser religiosa ni optimista, esa forma laica de ser supersticioso.”
― Jorge Comensal, Las mutaciones