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.
Mi vida ha sido una serie de navegaciones, he ido de un lado a otro en esta tierra. He sido extranjero sin saber que tenia raices profundas...
El primer paso es admitir que uno carece de control sobre su vida.
The poet thought this was a splendid riposte, and so accepted him on board, together with fishermen, farm and factory workers, manual laborers, and intellectuals as well, despite instructions from his government to avoid anyone with ideas.
El problema no estaba en conseguir la respuesta, sino en formular la pregunta precisa.
The General was right. No one dies of hunger here – you reach out your hand and pluck a mango. That’s why there is no progress. Cold countries have more advanced civilizations because the climate forces people to work.
Scrisul e o introspectie indelungata, o calatorie catre grotele cele mai ascunse ale constiintei, o meditatie lenta. Scriu pipaind tacerea, descoperind particule de adevar, mici cristale care-mi cad in palma si-mi justifica trecerea pe aceasta lume.
My poor Isabel. Here, take this and write. Unburden your heart; if you don’t you are going to die of anguish.
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.