—Pues ahí, no aquí [...] siguen morando en nidos y en «boudoirs», en cortes de justicia y en oficinas los que nos aman; los que nos honran, vírgenes y hombres de negocios; abogados y médicos; los que prohíben, los que niegan, los que respetan sin saber por qué, los que alaban sin comprender; la todavía muy numerosa (alabado sea Dios) tribu de los decentes; que prefieren no ver; anhelan no saber; aman la oscuridad; esos todavía nos adoran, y con razón; porque les hemos dado riqueza, prosperidad, comodidad, holgura.
Virginia Woolf
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JAVIER MARíAS Llega un momento en que nos damos cuenta de que nuestros padres no se pueden salvar a ellos mismos n... JOHN GREEN Y todavía los que no murieron bajo las chozas ni se rajaron los huesos bajo los árboles ni se desa... POPOL VUH Nosotros somos los culpables de esta destrucción, los que no hablamos su lengua ni sabemos estar en... YURI HERRERA Queremos que el fotógrafo sea un espía en la casa del amor y de la muerte y que los retratados no ... SUSAN SONTAG Ya en el escaparate de la librería localizaste la portada con el título que buscabas. Siguiendo es... ITALO CALVINO ¿Quiere que vaya a la iglesia y me confiese? ¿Cree que los detectives nos rebajamos a hablar con s... PABLO DE SANTIS - La gente debería tenerle miedo a Ursula Monkton - afirmé - Quizá. Y a qué crees que le ti... NEIL GAIMAN La historia no ha cambiado. Hace mil anos ellos eran los duenos del mundo. Hoy en dia lo siguen sien... ANTONIO GUADARRAMA Cuando los adultos dicen: “Los adolescentes piensan que son invencibles”, con esa sonrisa maños... JOHN GREEN Hay libros que tenemos a nuestro lado veinte años sin leerlos, libros de los que no nos alejamos, q... ELIAS CANETTI ¿ Por qué morían tan jóvenes?, se pregunta Stefan Zweig hablando de aquella generación y de su ... WILLIAM OSPINA Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro... JULIO CORTáZAR Algunas veces te levantas de la cama y ya no sabes porqué estás luchando. ¿Estás luchando el dí... EMILIO BUESO La Lotería, con su reparto semanal de enormes premios, era el único aconteci... GEORGE ORWELL Las consecuencias de esos procesos nos duelen hasta hoy cada vez que una comunidad originaria debe r... FELIPE PIGNA Para eliminar el salvajismo en el mundo, hay que empezar eliminando el salvajismo de los deportes sa... MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA Qué feo eso de que le digan a uno la verdad, sobre todo si se trata de una de esas verdades que uno... MARIO BENEDETTI Esa pareja equilibrada no es una utopía ; existen tales parejas, a veces incluso en el mismo marco ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR No hereden el odio. Después de cuanto acaba de pasar (las infinitas matanzas, los campos de extermi... JOSé EMILIO PACHECO Anfiteatro" llaman aquí a la morgue, y no hay taxista en Medellín ni cristiano que no sepa dónde ... FERNANDO VALLEJO A veces se preguntaba si los instintos del ser humano habían cambiado en ese tiempo, y siempre lleg... NICHOLAS SPARKS Y puedo ver lo que es el supersueño -joyas, pieles, perfumes, batas de seda, anillos, cuadros, auto... EDMUNDO VALADéS Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan q... JOHN GREEN …debes darte cuenta de que nos hemos pasado la vida desde pequeños respondiendo a la pregunta ‘... ALBERT ESPINOSA Luego, dirigiendo una postrer mirada sobre aquel apuesto joven, que tendría lo más veinticinco añ... ALEXANDRE DUMAS Desde temprana edad eran conscientes del escaso valor que el mundo daba a los libros, de manera que ... JEFFREY EUGENIDES Al fin nos hemos encontrado. Al fin te encuentro. Justo cuando pienso que no tardaré en ponerme a l... MAKOTO SHINKAI Pero el amor, esa palabra... Moralista Horacio, temeroso de pasiones sin una razón de aguas hondas,... JULIO CORTáZAR La mayoría de las personas no tienen tantos recelos ante lo sobrenatural como les gusta creer a los... STEPHEN KING Yo he visto estos solitarios apretujados en increíbles racimos en los andenes y en los coches del t... ARTURO USLAR PIETRI En cuanto al poder, se aleja a toda vela de la calle y del mercado, de las asambleas y de los parlam... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN en realidad no importa que no esperemos nada de la vida, sino que la vida espere algo de nosotros. D... VIKTOR E. FRANKL hay muchas cosas que le dan sentido a la vida en las que podríamos encontrar la felicidad que tanto... ED HERNANDEZ Todo el que disfruta cree que lo que importa del árbol es el fruto, cuando en realidad es la semill... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE La verdad es como una manta que nos deja los pies fríos. Ya puede uno tirar de ella hacia sí en to... N.H. KLEINBAUM Se sabe que las bicicletas han tratado por todos los medios de remediar su triste condición social.... JULIO CORTáZAR ¿Llegará el día en que sea capaz de sacármela de la cabeza? Incluso ahora que la situación en l... ADRIANA GONZáLEZ MáRQUEZ Cuando el jardín de la memoria comienza a secarse -le había dicho Celâl una de aquellas noches-, ... ORHAN PAMUK La razón por la que nos duele tanto separarnos es porque nuestras almas están enlazadas. Quizá si... NICHOLAS SPARKS -Prometo solemnemente que te protegeré y que valoraré profundamente en mi corazón nuestra unión ... E.L. JAMES Pero los caminos de ella eran más largos que todos los caminos que yo habia andado en mi vida y has... JUAN RULFO La mayoría de nosotros encuentra muy difícil desear el cielo, salvo si esto significa volver a enc... C.S. LEWIS Supongo que hay dos tipos de personas en el mundo: los que se sientan alrededor de un fuego a mirar ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Mira a todos a tu alrededor y ve lo que hemos hecho de nosotros y de eso considerado como victoria n... CLARICE LISPECTOR Caballero., Hombre que se porta con nobleza y generosidad. Lastimosamente se ve muy poco de esta cua... JORGE EDUARDO CONTRERAS SALCEDO Pero el amor puede transformar en belleza y dignidad cosas bajas y viles, porque no ve con los ojos,... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Los libros son máquinas del tiempo y rompecabezas y llaves de cerrojos que ni siquiera sabíamos qu... TRACI CHEE Que haya otros que estén en desacuerdo con nosotros (que no tomen en cuenta lo que hacemos sino lo ... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Los nombres son lo primero que desaparece cuando se extingue el aliento y el corazón deja de latir.... NEIL GAIMAN Cuando pensaba en él muriendo, que admito que no ha sido muchas veces, siempre pensaba en lo que di... JOHN GREEN «¿Y mientras tanto?», preguntó el marqués. «Mientras tanto», dijo Abrenuncio, «tóquenl... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Una dictadura perfecta tendría la apariencia de una democracia,pero sería básicamente una prisió... ALDOUS HUXLEY Habla y ellos te escucharán -me apremia-. Es así de simple. Todos los oídos quieren escuchar una ... PIERCE BROWN Porque nadie es tan necio que prefiera la guerra a la paz: en ésta los hijos entierran a sus padres... HERODOTUS Por favor, no te enfades conmigo los días en que no te reconozca. Los dos sabemos que llegarán. Pi... NICHOLAS SPARKS Confía en ella. Tu hija es una mujer. Quizá la Iglesia diga que representamos el pecado, que debem... ILDEFONSO FALCONES En cierto sentido, la visión del mundo que tenía el Partido se imponía con éxito a gente incapaz... GEORGE ORWELL Sería muy interesante que alguien investigara en qué medida los sistemas de comunicación de masas... RYSZARD KAPUśCIńSKI Era peor la herida... eran peor muchas heridas... que saber la profundidad de lealtad y amor que yac... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE No estábamos enamorados, hacíamos el amor con un virtuosismo desapegado y crítico, pero después ... JULIO CORTáZAR Las mujeres que se fanatizaron con la liberación femenina fueron las que encontraron una manera mar... RICARDO ARJONA —Te diré a lo que es real. Real es que yo estaba en la cárcel durante el último año, quedándo... SIMONE ELKELES Dolor y muerte. Dos palabras que podrían resumir lo que ocurrió en Hollow Hallows a finales de su ... CARLOS J. EGUREN Aquí están todos los sitios a los que hemos ido. Y todos los sitios a los que iremos. Y estoy yo, ... JOHN GREEN Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade... LAURA ESQUIVEL Aspiro a no depender de nadie, ni del hombre que adoro. No quiero ser su manceba, tipo innoble, la h... BENITO PéREZ GALDóS Nos acercaremos a Dios no con el intento de evitar los sufrimientos inherentes a todos los amores, s... C.S. LEWIS Nos acercaremos a Dios no con el intento de evitar los sufrimientos inherentes a todos los amores, s... C.S. LEWIS - ¿Recuerdas lo que significa este punto del centro? (...) Soy yo: tu eje, tu principio y tu fin, t... ÁNGELES IBIRIKA No puedo hablar de nuestra historia de amor, así que hablaré de matemáticas. No soy matemática, ... JOHN GREEN Hay dos clases de charlatanes: los que engañan a los demás sabiéndolo, y los que se engañan a s�... MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Quizas te sorprenda que me acuerde con tanto detalle de ese dia, de esas horas (...) A mi tambien me... SáNDOR MáRAI La labor más importante del ser humano es buscar la moralidad en sus actos. Es de lo que depende nu... ALBERT EINSTEIN El peor tipo de llanto no era el tipo que todos podían ver, los lamentos en las esquinas, el desgar... KATIE MCGARRY Que yo sepa, lo único que no da resaca y que disipa momentáneamente la muerte —tambié... MILENA BUSQUETS ¿No sabéis quiénes son los críticos? Aquellos que no han tenido éxito en la literatura y en el ... BENJAMIN DISRAELI porque el camino recto del amor, ya se guíe por sí mismo, ya sea guiado por otro, es comenzar por ... PLATO Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los que mueren merecen la vida. ¿Puedes devolver... GANDALS Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los que mueren merecen la vida. ¿Puedes devolver... J.R.R. TOLKIEN La cruz era el plato fuerte de la teología de Pablo. No era simplemente uno de los mensajes de Pabl... C.J. MAHANEY Gollum merece la muerte. La merece, sin duda. Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los... J.R.R. TOLKIEN La única certeza, transcurridas más de dos décadas desde los años de facultad, era que aquella a... SíLVIA SOLER Cómo soportaba él los ojos de la muchacha y revolvía los suyos contra la cabeza juvenil, escapand... JUAN CARLOS ONETTI ...cuando alguien muere, pensamos que ya se ha hecho tarde para cualquier cosa, para todo —más a�... JAVIER MARíAS Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan q... JOHN GREEN Estoy muy contento de poder darle honor a nuestra herencia junto a The History Channel en español p... ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ —¿Nunca has parado el mundo? —¿Qué es parar el mundo? —Parar el mundo es decidir ... ALBERT ESPINOSA Todos los secretos están guardados en un mismo cajón, el cajón de los secretos, y si develas uno,... 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VIRGINIA WOOLF It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality VIRGINIA WOOLF The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap... VIRGINIA WOOLF Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? VIRGINIA WOOLF The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story o... VIRGINIA WOOLF All this pitting of sex against sex, of quality against quality; all this claiming of superiority an... VIRGINIA WOOLF A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. VIRGINIA WOOLF Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. VIRGINIA WOOLF It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. VIRGINIA WOOLF Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeate... VIRGINIA WOOLF This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to... VIRGINIA WOOLF On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. VIRGINIA WOOLF When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazing... VIRGINIA WOOLF Language is wine upon the lips. VIRGINIA WOOLF Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. VIRGINIA WOOLF A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it mu... VIRGINIA WOOLF Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the fi... VIRGINIA WOOLF Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. VIRGINIA WOOLF Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figu... VIRGINIA WOOLF It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by c... VIRGINIA WOOLF One must love everything. VIRGINIA WOOLF How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this... VIRGINIA WOOLF The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish,... VIRGINIA WOOLF You cannot find peace by avoiding life. VIRGINIA WOOLF Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at... VIRGINIA WOOLF These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one... VIRGINIA WOOLF Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparen... VIRGINIA WOOLF Arrange whatever pieces come your way. VIRGINIA WOOLF Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bag... VIRGINIA WOOLF It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly. VIRGINIA WOOLF One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than... VIRGINIA WOOLF He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life. VIRGINIA WOOLF When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman se... VIRGINIA WOOLF It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hea... VIRGINIA WOOLF Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their ... VIRGINIA WOOLF To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want a... VIRGINIA WOOLF For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain, feed on me. Bury y... VIRGINIA WOOLF For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. VIRGINIA WOOLF The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like ... VIRGINIA WOOLF I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. VIRGINIA WOOLF Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often ... VIRGINIA WOOLF The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty obser... VIRGINIA WOOLF Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all g... VIRGINIA WOOLF I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am arch, gay, languid, melancholy by turns. I am roo... VIRGINIA WOOLF It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people ... VIRGINIA WOOLF It might be possible that the world itself is without meaning. VIRGINIA WOOLF One might fancy that day, the London day, was just beginning. Like a woman who had slipped off her p... VIRGINIA WOOLF I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change. VIRGINIA WOOLF As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole worl... VIRGINIA WOOLF How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the sol... VIRGINIA WOOLF Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life. VIRGINIA WOOLF What does the brain matter compared with the heart? VIRGINIA WOOLF Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I've read and what I haven't read. VIRGINIA WOOLF Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. VIRGINIA WOOLF If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure -- the relationship so secret and private com... VIRGINIA WOOLF I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street. VIRGINIA WOOLF I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual. VIRGINIA WOOLF Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of... VIRGINIA WOOLF The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness. VIRGINIA WOOLF If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly an... VIRGINIA WOOLF Friendships, even the best of them, are frail things. One drifts apart. VIRGINIA WOOLF I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality o... VIRGINIA WOOLF The beauty of the world...has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. VIRGINIA WOOLF I am rooted, but I flow. VIRGINIA WOOLF When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they? VIRGINIA WOOLF Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. VIRGINIA WOOLF The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge... VIRGINIA WOOLF One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always se... VIRGINIA WOOLF I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. VIRGINIA WOOLF The hatchet must fall on the block; the oak must be cleft to the centre. The weight of the world is ... VIRGINIA WOOLF If one is to deal with people on a large scale and say what one thinks, how can one avoid melancholy... VIRGINIA WOOLF With stars in her eyes and veils in her hair, with cyclamen and wild violets—what nonsense was he ... VIRGINIA WOOLF Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck betwee... VIRGINIA WOOLF Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing. VIRGINIA WOOLF One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtl... VIRGINIA WOOLF What I value is the naked contact of a mind. VIRGINIA WOOLF Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic ac... VIRGINIA WOOLF All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense ... VIRGINIA WOOLF To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last,... VIRGINIA WOOLF