A veces la conciencia puede ser más fuerte que el entrenamiento y todas las estupendas razones para la guerra —deber, honor, patria—, y algunos ven la destrucción que causan dondequiera que vayan a co...
Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.
Ahora, con la perspectiva del tiempo y de la libertad que he adquirido en los últimos años, comprendo cuánto me humillé por amor. Dejé de lado todo, desde mi personalidad hasta mi trabajo, por soñar e...
Al nacer Rosa era blanca, lisa, sin arrugas, como una muñeca de loza, con el cabello verde y los ojos amarillos, la criatura más hermosa que había nacido en la tierra desde los tiempos de pecado origi...
Al necesitado no se le pregunta quién es ni de dónde viene, Richard. Todos somos iguales en la desgracia»
All the women and girls she knew, free or not, belonged to a man: father, husband, or Jesus.
Although stunned and hungry, many sang, because it would have been pointless to aggravate misfortune by complaining.
An invisible border arose between the parts of the house occupied by Esteban Trueba and those occupied by his wife. In response to Clara's imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, se...
And that fox escaped with his tail between his legs, with all of the hens chasing after him
Apenas comprendió que en Estados Unidos ella no era blanca, se le pasó el racismo, y su amistad con Tabra barrió sus prejuicios contra artistas y gente de izquierda.
Aprendió a masticar sus penas sola y con dignidad, convencida de que a nadie le importan los problemas ajenos y que los dolores callados acaban por diluirse.
Apropos of the observatory,
As soon as the period of mourning for Dona Ester was over and the big house on the corner was finished, Esteban Trueba and Clara del Valle were married in a modest ceremony. Esteban gave his wife a se...
At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, i...
Awake it was difficult to find anything in that chaotic clutter, but asleep she could...when the contours of reality were as faint as a tracery of pale ink.
Aymaras—children
Be careful what you ask of Heaven; it might be granted.
Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don’t have to prove anything, I’m not rushing everywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.
Because he had hardened his soul and silenced his conscience with the excuse of progress
Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear.
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