Meinem Eindruck nach ist der arme Martin nicht einmal in der Lage, seine Schugröße niederzuschreiben, und verharrt meistens in einer Art von Fegefeuer, das er in seinem eigenen Kopf aufgebaut hat, wo...
Maturare non è altro che il processo attraverso il quale si scopre che tutto ciò a cui credevi da giovane è falso mentre tutto quello a cui ti rifiutavi di credere in gioventù risulta vero.
Martín, fables are possibly one of the most interesting literary forms ever invented. Do you know what they teach us?
M-am gândit cât de mult îmi doream să mă refugiez în privirea aceea fugară care se temea că e transparentă, goală. M-am gândit la singurătatea ce avea să mă cuprindă în noaptea aceea, când aveam să mă...
Los recuerdos son peores que las balas
Los libros me enseñaron a pensar, a sentir y a vivir mil vidas. ¿Quién quiere ser una buena chica por voluntad propia?
Les feuilles d’oranger luisaient comme des larmes d’argent, et le chant de la fontaine serpentait sous les arcades. Je scrutai la cour d’un regard déjà chargé de déception et peut-être aussi d’un lâch...
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.
La vida, esa reina de las putas.
La verdad son las tonterías que dice la gente cuando se cree que sabe algo
La experiencia ya le había enseñado que el futuro le reservaría más tiempos del tolerable para lamentarse de los errores cometidos en el pasado.
La elocuencia de una exposición es directamente proporcional a la inteligencia de quien la formula, del mismo modo que credibilidad lo es a la estupidez de quien la recibe.
Julián non amava parlare di sé o dei suoi libri. Non mi sembrò che fosse felice a Parigi; del resto, mi diede l'impressione di essere una di quelle persone che non possono essere felici da nessuna par...
Julián is now the bathroom of the chief executive. That day, when I returned to the bookshop after visiting the old house, I found a parcel bearing a Paris postmark. It contained a book calledThe Ange...
It’s up to you. It is one thing to believe in women, and another to believe what they say.
It was my twenty-fourth birthday, and I knew that the best part of my life was already behind me.
In the end Alicia had accepted that heavy piece as she done with so many of Leandro's offerings, in a tacit agreement of submission and pretense, where the unmentionable was sealed with a cold smile o...
In that case I feel sorry for you.''Then perform an act of charity.
I threw up my breakfast, my dinner, and a good amount of the anger I was carrying with me.
I realized how easily you can lose all animosity toward someone you’ve deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such.