Es igual de injusto desagradar a alguien por ser atractivo que por tener una deformidad.
What, I wondered, was the point of me? I contributed nothing to the world, absolutely nothing, and I took nothing from it either. When I ceased to exist, it would make no material difference to anyone...
Arranged all the tins in the cupboard so that the labels were facing forwards in zetabetical order.
How brave are you prepared to be, Eleanor? Laura asked. This was the correct question. I am brave. I am brave, courageous, Eleanor Oliphant.
How marvelous to be able to read someone’s skin, to explore the story of his life across his chest, his arms, the softness at the back of his neck. The barman had roses and a treble clef, a cross, a w...
Sometimes, after counseling sessions, I desperately wanted to buy vodka, lots of it, take it home and drink it down, but in the end I never did. I couldn’t, for lots of reasons, one of which was that...
She was, quite simply, a nice lady who’d raised a family and now lived quietly with her cats and grew vegetables. This was both nothing and everything.
Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that there’s something very liberating about it;
I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult.
Vstopila sem v sobo na koncu hodnika, kjer je bila, kot sem pravilno ugotovila, kuhinja. Tudi ta soba je bila polja ljudi in hrupa, a sem lahko razločila marmornate delovne površine, svetleče kremne f...
Za lepe ljudi mi je žal. Lepota že od trenutka, ko jo dobiš, minljivo polzi proč. To mora biti težko. Vedno moraš dokazovati, da si še kaj več od tega, želiš si, da bi ljudje videli pod površje, da bi...
There was, it seemed, no Eleanor-shaped social hole for me to slot into.
I stared at the floor, my mind racing. Did I . . . did I look like the kind of person who ought to be avoided in a game of bus seat selection? I could only conclude, in the face of the evidence, that...
I suppose, although they should get drunk at home, like I do, so that they don’t cause anyone else any trouble. But then, not everyone is as sensible and considerate as me.
I wanted to die – this time, in addition to actually wanting to die, I meant it in the metaphorical sense too. Oh, come on now, I thought to myself, almost amused; just how desperately, on how many le...
If I’m ever unsure as to the correct course of action, I’ll think, What would a ferret do?
If often feels as if I'm not here, that I'm a figment of my own imagination. There are days when I feel so lightly connected to the earth that the threads that tether me to the planet are gossamer thi...
It often feels as if I’m not here, that I’m a figment of my own imagination. There are days when I feel so lightly connected to the earth that the threads that tether me to the planet are gossamer thi...
It was too hot inside the hospital and the floors squeaked. There was a hand-gel dispenser outside the ward, and a big yellow sign above it read Do Not Drink. Did people actually drink sanitizing hand...
It’s SpongeBob, Eleanor, he said, speaking very slowly and clearly as though I were some sort of idiot. SpongeBob SquarePants? A semi-human bath sponge with protruding front teeth! On sale as if it we...
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