Cristina Rivera Garza, Mexican writer: "I doubt the therapeutic capacity of literature; I believe that healing comes with justice."

Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza stated in Buenos Aires that she doubts the therapeutic capacity of literature, asserting instead that healing comes with justice.

Speaking in the library of the Malba (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires), the author made the remarks despite having written a book that thousands of female readers use as a mirror for their own grief, noting her disbelief that a book can cure anyone.