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.
Inchi ochii si vad imaginea dureroasa a fiica-mii in scaunul cu rotile, privind fix spre mare, dincolo de orizont, acolo unde incepe moartea.
In that respect women are really thick. They're the daughters of rigidity. They need a man to feel secure but they don't realize that the one thing they should be afraid of is men. They don't know how...
Igual que en el momento de venir al mundo, al morir tenemos miedo de lo desconocido. Pero el miedo es algo interior que no tiene nada que ver con la realidad. Morir es como nacer: sólo un cambio.
If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for a way to keep them alive, remembering them in the most minima...
If nothing hurts, that means I woke up dead,
I stroke them, and they always like that, because old people don’t have anyone who touches them, and I get them hooked on a TV series, because nobody wants to die before the final episode. Some of the...
I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the...
I must not linger on details, daughter, because if we dally, this account may be left unfinished, and no one wants to read hundreds of quartos only to find that the story has no clear ending.
I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it becam...
How would I run with my bad leg? And what would become of the people who need my care? Besides, it doesn't mean anything for me to be free and everyone else slaves, the healer answered. Tete hadn't th...
His adult teeth were still emerging, and when he smiled his eyes seemed to disappear.
He’s a woman! he shouted, horrified.Padre Mendoza and the others came running up, only to stand and stare, mute with amazement, at the virginal breasts of the warrior.It’s going to be much more diffic...
Her stoic attitude contributed to the air of mystery surrounding her, long before she had any secrets to keep.
He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.
He almost caused a riot among the ladies; he filled all the empty space, as if someone had let a tiger loose in this world of female longing. Even
Full belly, happy heart, was the favorite saying of Padre Mendoza, who had been obsessed with good nutrition ever since he’d heard of sailors suffering from scurvy when a lemon could have prevented th...
Estoy preparado para morir por mi patria, dijo, pero no sabía lo difícil que es matar por ella.
Estoy encontrando nuevas fuerzas en mí, que tal vez siempre tuve, pero no conocía porque hasta ahora no había necesitado ejercerlas.
Estaba segura de que debía ser un hombre feo, tal vez enfermo o contrahecho, porque le parecía imposible que una sensibilidad tan profunda y una inteligencia tan precisa se sumara un aspecto atrayente...