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What exists is reality, harsh reality: this slaughterhouse where we came to die, to kill and by the way kill the animal, our neighbor.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":32},3025085,"La humanidad necesita para vivir mitos y mentiras. Si uno ve la verdad escueta se pega un tiro.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nFernando Vallejo, a Colombian novelist and essayist, likely penned these words sometime during his literary career. The era was marked by social unrest, political turmoil, and an ongoing struggle for human rights in Colombia. 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