She just wanted to be left alone to lick her wounds, like a puppy that had been kicked repeatedly.
Oh, dioses de las mujeres cuyos padres quieren castrar a sus novios en el vestíbulo del Four Seasons, por favor, no permitáis que lleve ningún objeto cortante.
Oh, Psyche. ‘Fortune doth menace unto thee imminent danger, wherof I wish thee greatly to beware. . . . thou shalt purchase to mee great sorrow, and to thyself utter destruction. . . . Beware that ye...
El sentido del humor de Dios afianzaba el funcionamiento del universo. Los pecadores jugaban un papel en la redención de otros pecadores. La fe, la esperanza y la caridad triunfaban sobre la increduli...
—Si por cualquier razón nos separamos, quiero que me esperes. Te encontraré, te lo prometo.
—No creo en los cuentos de hadas —susurró ella.—Me gustaría lograr que volvieras a creer. —Se inclinó y le besó la frente.—La realidad es mejor que la fantasía, Gabriel.—No si convertimos la fantasía...
—Me has atrapado, Cassita —susurró—. Y nunca había tenido menos ganas de escapar. 44 La madrugada vertía la luz del sol a través del balcón del dormitorio, derramándola sobre el rostro de Rave...
—Esto es distinto.—Tienes razón. Es distinto, porque aunque podría exigir justicia, declino hacerlo. Citando una de mis novelas favoritas: «A Dios respetuosamente devuelvo el billete».
We don't have to forget the past, he whispered. But we can make the future better.
This was the joy that the world sought--sacred and pagan all at once. A union between two dissimilars into a seamless one. A picture of love and deep satisfaction. An ecstatic glimpse of the beatific...
So much for the justice that governs the universe. Dante was a fool to believe such myths. Some of us are damned by the actions of others and exiled to hell through no fault of our own.
She would remain forever young, forever noble, forever his blessedness, and not all the poetry in the world could express his devotion to her.
Sex is properly understood to be not only physical, but spiritual—an ecstatic union of two bodies and two souls, meant to mimic the joy and ecstasy of union with the Divine in Paradise. Two bodies joi...
Los hombres tienen el ego más frágil que una cáscara de huevo.
It appears that Venus has Beatrice’s face. Once again, I’m not interested in a historical analysis of the models for the painting. I’m simply asking you to note the visible similarities between the fi...
I don' mean to be at all...St. Francis of Assisi or something, but anyone can shout obscenities. Why should I become like her? Why not think that sometimes- just sometimes- you can overcome evil with...
I am not a good man. I’m not a man at all. But I love you and my love is certainly steadfast.
He was paving hell with energy—buying an indulgence, forgiveness for sin.
He Looked down at her gravely. In many ways, we are the most perfect match. We see each other as we are, but neither of us views the other as broken.
Every time I do something for you, I’m trying to demonstrate the words I cannot say.