Next to the tree was a short, broad-shouldered Asian man in overalls and a straw hat, leaning on a spade. His face was weathered, and in a halting English difficult to follow, he told Alma that this m...
Nada logra detener la pasión encendida de dos personas enamoradas. En ese caso no importan los achaques de la existencia, el furor de los años, la torpeza física o la mezquindad de oportunidades, los...
Mi vida se hace al contarla y mi memoria se fija con la escritura; lo que no pongo en palabras sobre papel, lo borra el tiempo.
Los años transcurren sigilosos, de puntillas, burlándose en susurros, y de pronto nos asustan en el espejo, nos golpean a mansalva las rodillas o nos clavan una daga en la espalda.
Long before the Europeans arrived in Africa, the blacks were enslaving each other. They still do, said Valmorain. Just as whites are enslaving each other, monsieur, the physician countered. Not all Ne...
Lanzarme con otro libro es tan grave como enamorarme, un impulso alocado que exige dedicación fanática. Con cada uno, como ante un nuevo amor, me pregunto si me alcanzarán las fuerzas para escribirlo...
La felicidad consiste en alcanzar aquello que hemos esperado por mucho tiempo.
Kon Tiki,
Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of unknown things. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality
It was then that I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women.
It makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur.
It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like you and me humiliated. They cannot forgive us that we triumphed...
Isla de Pascua,
In her experience, light skin and money made almost anything easier. She wanted her grandchildren to come into the world with an advantage.
I was so drained I felt as if I were staring through a telescope at the light of a star dead for a million years.
I was a romantic and sentimental creature, with a tendency towards solitude.
I tried and tried to sleep, lulled by the movement, the purring of the motor, and the snores of the other passengers, but it's never been easy for me to sleep, and much less now, when I still have res...
I called him Grandfather, because according to him you do not have to be of the same blood or same tribe to be a member of the same family, but in truth I should have called him Maman. He was the only...
How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.
His wife...always dressed in mourning for the children who died in infancy and squeezed breathless by the pressure of her corset, her religion, and the husband fate had dealt her