Perhaps part of your problem is that you’ve been reading the commentators and not the people they were commenting on. A common mistake but fatal when you’re trying to learn something,
Pasé el sábado en trance, anclado tras el mostrador de la librería con la esperanza de ver a Bea aparecer por la puerta como por ensalmo. Cada vez que sonaba
Our body begins to destroy itself from the moment it is born. We are fragile. We’re creatures of passage. All that is left of us are our actions, the good or the evil we do to our fellow humans.
One mustn’t dream of one’s future; one must earn it. And you have no future, Salgado. Neither you, nor a country that keeps producing beasts like you and the governor, and then looks the other way. Be...
One has to make one's own mistakes, not other people's. Do what you have to do and come back soon. Or whenever you can.
O coração de fêmea é um labirinto de subtilezas que desafia a mente grosseira do macho trapaceiro.
Nunca subestimes el talento para olvidar que despiertan las guerras
Normally, the more talent one has, the more one doubts it, I said. And vice versa. Then I must be quite something, Isabella replied.
Non si sa chi si è davvero finché non si impara a odiare. E quando si odia davvero, quando ci si abbandona alla rabbia che brucia dentro, che consuma lentamente quel po' di buono che si credeva di ave...
No hay nada en el camino de la vida que no sepamos ya antes de iniciarlo. No se aprende nada importante en la vida, simplemente se recuerda.
Nada me había dicho de aquel extraño tembleque de manos que convertía cada botón, cada cremallera, en tarea de titanes. Nada me había dicho de aquel embrujo de piel pálida y temblorosa, de aquel prime...
Mr. Aguilar belonged to that race of privileged minds who are always right.
Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood. In
Men are like that. They’re like geraniums. When they look as if they’re ready to be tossed into the bin they revive.
Los malos recuerdos te persiguen sin necesidad de llevarlos contigo
Los libros me enseñaron a pensar, a sentir y a vivir mil vidas. ¿Quién quiere ser una buena chica por voluntad propia?
Lo que hace falta en el mundo es más gente mala de verdad y menos cazurros limítrofes.
Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don't stop at your station.
Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That’s the intrinsic blueprint for our ‘ethical behavior,’ he argued. It’s pure biology.
Leandro laughed to himself. 'The truth? You and I know such a thing doesn't exist. The truth is an agreement that allows innocent people not to have to cope with reality.