Aphorisms have always been an essential part of Ramón Andrés's work, as demonstrated by his three previously published books of aphorisms: *Los extremos*, *Puntos de fuga*, and *Malas raíces*. In this new collection, which includes both aphorisms and prose pieces, Andrés reflects on his own life and his craft as a writer, on the importance of music and art, on history and nature, and on slowness and austerity. With irony and humor, he denounces what he abhors about our time: the blind worship of technology, the absolutism of science, the cultivation of ignorance, the replacement of the real with the virtual, the enslaving individualism, and the obsessive creation of needs. A book brimming with wisdom, it advocates for curiosity, admiration, and wonder, approached with stillness and simplicity, as a method of survival, knowing that no one emerges unscathed from life.