Sa nu-ti treaca cumva prin cap sa mori si sa ma lasi infinit de orfana.
You must see a psychiatrist, son, she often suggested, and get help with your problems; you can overcome the flaws in your character; but Timothy’s response was that without the flaws he would not have any character left.
It was a long week of penitence and fasting, during which there were no card games and no music that might lead to lust or abandon; and within the limits of possibility, the strictest sadness and chastity were observed, even though it was precisely at this time that the forked tail of the devil pricked most insistently at Catholic flesh.
Chile with the purpose of finding her lover and becoming his slave forever, believing that was the way to extinguish her thirst to submit and her hidden wish for possession, but now she doubted that she could give up those new wings beginning to sprout on her shoulders.
I need nothing, he told himself with the cunning pride of those with a calling for solitude.
Unchiul Ramon nu mi-a inspirat nici un personaj din cartile mele, e mult prea decent si are mult prea mult bun simt. Romanele se fac cu nebuni si ticalosi, cu oameni chinuiti de obsesii, cu victime ale implacabilelor cai ale destinului. Din punct de vedere al naratiunii, un tip inteligent si de buna-credinta nu face doi bani.
She owed no one an explanation; if she had made mistakes she had been duly punished by giving up her family, suffering in the hold of the ship, losing her baby, and facing a future of total uncertainty.
The coup gave them a chance to put into practice what they had learned in their barracks: blind obedience, the use of arms, and other skills that soldiers can master once they silence the scruples of their hearts.
Esto sirve para tranquilizarnos la conciencia, hija. Pero no ayuda a los pobres. No necesitan caridad, sino justicia.
The strong aroma of meat, fried onion, cumin, and baked dough soaked into my skin so deeply that I have never lost it. I will die smelling like an empanada.
I thought liberation had to do with going out into the world and assuming male duties, not with delegating part of my load. The result was a terrible fatigue, as witnessed today by the millions of women of my generation who question feminist movements.
Pentru mine a fost o surpriza sa descopar ca lumea e violenta si pradalnica, guvernata de legea implacabila a celor mai puternici. Selectia naturala n-a servit la inflorirea inteligentei si la evolutia spiritului, cu prima ocazie ne casapim reciproc, exact ca sobolanii inchisi intr-o cusca prea mica.
Son implacables, predican amor, justicia y caridad, y para imponerlas cometen atrocidades.
Estaba harta de contemplar desde abajo los vellos de la nariz del resto de la humanidad.
La felicidad consiste en alcanzar aquello que hemos esperado por mucho tiempo.
Clara lived in a universe of her own invention, protected from life’s inclement weather, where the prosaic truth of material objects mingled with the tumultuous reality of dreams and the laws of physics and logic did not always apply.
Ca sa devina camine, casele au nevoie de nasteri si de morti.
Weinig oude mensen zijn tevreden, Irina. De meesten leven in armoede, met een gebrekkige gezondheid en zonder familie. Dit is de moeilijkste en kwetsbaarste fase van ons leven, erger nog dan je kinderjaren, want met de dag ga je verder achteruit en er wacht je geen andere toekomst dan de dood.
Words are free, she tried to say, and she appropriated them; they were all hers.
Inchi ochii si vad imaginea dureroasa a fiica-mii in scaunul cu rotile, privind fix spre mare, dincolo de orizont, acolo unde incepe moartea.