Utilizas el futuro para escapar del presente.
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Te pasas toda la vida atorado en el laberinto, pensando en cómo vas a escapar de ahí un día y qu...
JOHN GREEN Te pasas toda la vida atorado en el laberinto, pensando en cómo vas a escapar de ahí un día y que...
JOHN GREEN No hay tiempo para el presente. Vamos del
pasado al futuro, que nuevamente se vuelve pasado: ¡...
FRANCESC MIRALLES El tiempo no es algo externo a nosotros, vive en nuestro interior. Sólo nosotros vivimos el pasado,...
SIRI HUSTVEDT Existe el pasado, y también el futuro. El presente no es más que el único segundo que divide la u...
LAINI TAYLOR ‹‹Si bien en el presente el pasado ya ha sucedido, es preciso extremar la prudencia para no pone...
KERSTIN GIER No tenían tiempo para pensar en el futuro. Pero luego las expectativas de vida empezaron a aumentar...
JOHN GREEN Cuando somos niños, casi nunca pensamos en el futuro. Esa inocencia nos deja libres para disfrutar ...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Leer es viajar sin moverse del sitio. Escribir es construir el camino para el viaje.
JAVIER SALAZAR CALLE Aprender acerca del presente a la luz del pasado quiere también decir aprender del pasado a la luz ...
EDWARD HALLETT CARR Uno se puede encariñar de muchas cosas aparte del sexo pero es mejor si el sexo está presente de a...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI A menudo resulta que hechos del pasado lejano siguen influyendo en las relaciones actuales. Darse cu...
BRIAN L. WEISS Porque no vivo ni en mi pasado ni en mi futuro. Tengo sólo el presente, y él es el que me interesa...
PAULO COELHO A mi me hace avanzar el odio. Cuando la energía del odio desaparezca no serviré para nada.
SUZANNE COLLINS Hay que mantener en un obstinado presente, con toda su sangre y su ignominia, algo que ya se está q...
JULIO CORTáZAR Porque yo tengo todo el cuadro mental y moral del suicida, menos la fuerza que se precisa para meter...
MARIO BENEDETTI Mercy deambuló desconsolada por la casa. Era sólo una cuestión de tiempo, pero de una u otra mane...
SARAH SINGLETON El futuro está formado por horas.
JOHN GREEN el desesperado no querer morir, es el camino más seguro para la muerte eterna, en tanto que saber m...
HERMANN HESSE Mira todos esos callejones, esas calles que giran sobre si mismas, todas las casas que construyeron ...
JOHN GREEN El trabajo me parece una estupidez odiosa a la que es difícil escapar
JUAN CARLOS ONETTI Que yo y otras muchas mujeres vayamos buscando heroínas de cuento de hadas en los libros es otra ve...
ANGELA CARTER El margen sabe lo que el centro olvida, seguramente porque la memoria es el poder del vencido. El tr...
REYES MATE Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan q...
JOHN GREEN Una de las mejores razones, si no hubiera otra, para la abolición del dinero, es precisamente que s...
EDWARD BELLAMY Echó de menos el futuro que había imaginado.
JOHN GREEN Desgraciadamente, el amor siempre es un examen práctico, no teórico, y en último término todas l...
JAMES RHODES Creo que el futuro merece que creamos en él.
JOHN GREEN ¿Acaso no estábamos todos locos cuando dormíamos? ¿Qué era el sueño, al fin y al cabo, sino el...
JEFF LINDSAY [...]sabía que el organismo producía tres tipos de lágrimas, cada una con su propia composición ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER En ese momento me di cuenta de que el anochecer es solo una ilusión, porque el sol sigue estando pr...
NICHOLAS SPARKS El valeroso Gryffindor venía del páramo; el bello Ravenclaw, de la cañada; del ancho valle proced...
J.K. ROWLING Te quiero, Allie. Soy quien soy gracias a ti. Tú eres todas mis razones, todas mis esperanzas y tod...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Para que los pasos no me lloren,
para que las palabras no me sangren:
canto.
OTTO RENé CASTILLO No hay razón para estar enfadado. La ira solo distrae la tristeza que lo abarca, el sincero conocim...
JOHN GREEN El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
JOHN GREEN El consumo voraz de imágenes hace imposible cerrar los ojos. El punctum presupone una ascesis del v...
BYUNG-CHUL HAN Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así d...
STEFAN ZWEIG No estamos en un buen nivel y cada vez estamos peores. El resultado en contra nos pone pensar en el ...
CARLOS RUIZ El hombre es el único ser que consume sin producir. No da leche, no pone huevos, es demasiado débi...
GEORGE ORWELL Y así, del poco dormir y del mucho leer se le secó el cerebro, de manera que vino a perder el juic...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA El sakia peleaba como un león para distinguirse y ennoblercese, no sabiendo que la vejez lo encontr...
VICENTE BLASCO IBáñEZ Quien controla el pasado —decía la consigna del Partido— controla el futu...
GEORGE ORWELL Las palabras no siempre pueden hacer el trabajo para el que las necesitamos. La música existe para ...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Los libros son el espejo del alma
VIRGINIA WOOLF Nenhum homem é rico o bastante para comprar seu passado, nem tão pobre que precise vender seu futu...
ANTONIO GOULART El reproche y la culpa solo sirven para aprisionarnos y para no dejarnos avanzar.
MIQUEL REINA La oruga llama fin del mundo a lo que el resto del mundo llama mariposa.
RICHARD BACH El paraguas individual es la imágen favorita de mi padre cuando quiere caracterizar el tiempo en qu...
EDWARD BELLAMY El Comunismo Es la organización del conformismo total
HAMLET GARCIA En un mundo donde el horror se vende como arte, donde el arte nace ya con la pretensión de ser foto...
ARTURO PéREZ-REVERTE El llanto era necesario para lavar la conciencia
MIGUEL DELIBES La fe y el amor son el conjunto perfecto para recibir el abrazo de Dios diariamente en nuestras vida...
THEISKA CASTILLO MEDINA Yo he visto estos solitarios apretujados en increíbles racimos en los andenes y en los coches del t...
ARTURO USLAR PIETRI Cuando un dictador muere, aumenta el oxígeno del mundo!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Tres Anillos para los Reyes Elfos bajo el cielo. Siete para los Señores Enanos en palacios de piedr...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN El hecho es que el ordenador está aquí para quedarse y los niños saben utilizarlo y nosotros no. ...
TOM SHARPE Utiliza el nombre correcto para las cosas. El miedo a un nombre aumenta el miedo a la cosa que se no...
J.K. ROWLING Quería que lo llamara. Quería que lo echara de menos.
JOHN GREEN […] Y sólo se preguntó como puede dolerte algo que no tienes.
JOHN GREEN – En la geometría no hay historias de amor.
– Espera y verás.
JOHN GREEN Pensemos en algo: Los chicos básicamente quieren besar a las chicas
JOHN GREEN Todo el mundo habla de lo que los demás dicen o no dicen.
JOHN GREEN ¿Tendré alguna vez un momento de Eureka?
JOHN GREEN Aquí están todos los sitios a los que hemos ido. Y todos los sitios a los que iremos. Y estoy yo, ...
JOHN GREEN Le decía «Te quiero» como si fuera un secreto, y un secreto importantísimo.
JOHN GREEN Creo que lo que importas esta determinado por las cosas que te importan a ti. Importas tanto como la...
JOHN GREEN Te quedas atrapado en ser algo, ser especial o guay o lo que sea, hasta un punto en que ni siquiera ...
JOHN GREEN Es bueno que las personas signifiquen algo para ti, que las eches de menos cuando no están. Yo no e...
JOHN GREEN Y la moraleja de esta historia es que no recuerdas lo que pasó. Lo que recuerdas se convierte en lo...
JOHN GREEN He decidido recordarla como una buena persona con la que pasé buenos ratos hasta que los dos nos me...
JOHN GREEN Le gustaba llevarme a pasear a orillas de lago, donde contemplábamos las olas rompiendo contra las ...
JOHN GREEN – Es gracioso lo que la gente está dispuesta a hacer para que la recuerden.
– Bueno, o par...
JOHN GREEN Quizá la vida no consiste en superar una serie de marcas de mierda.
JOHN GREEN Me he dado cuenta de que, si regresa conmigo, no llenaría el hueco que creo perderla.
JOHN GREEN Para estar al borde del mar no hay más que cerrar los ojos.
MARCEL PROUST Su sola existencia era excusa suficiente para justificar la creación del mundo entero.
STEPHENIE MEYER Dicho del Profeta
Reflexión
Los Fieles son espejos, unos para otros.
IDRIES SHAH -Quieren conocerte Katniss!
-Es que no quiero quue me conozcan! Ya mme han quitado el futuro! N...
SUZANNE COLLINS Y al final dejó el horror de esta vida para entrar en el horror de la muerte.
FERNANDO VALLEJO Para mí, el azul mediterráneo ya no es bonito. La transparencia de sus aguas, tan valorada por los...
JONATHAN FRANZEN Poesía Vertical 22
Inventar el regreso del mundo
después de su desaparición.
ROBERTO JUARROZ La publicidad es el único trabajo en el que te pagan por hacer las cosas peor de lo que puedes hace...
FRéDéRIC BEIGBEDER Lo básico es dejar amplio margen para el
aprendizaje
FRIEDRICH A. HAYEK Sólo se me ocurre el psicoanálisis para rivalizar con el cristianismo en la predilección por los ...
MURIEL BARBERY Parar el mundo es decidir conscientemente que vas a salir de él para mejorarte y mejorarlo. Para po...
ALBERT ESPINOSA Para eliminar el salvajismo en el mundo, hay que empezar eliminando el salvajismo de los deportes sa...
MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA ...somos nosotros, los psicoanalistas, quienes en el silencio de la escucha imaginamos mentalmente, ...
J.-D. (JUAN-DAVID) NASIO El problema es que los humanos tienen el don de elegir precisamente las cosas que son peores para el...
J.K. ROWLING Yo tengo miedo. Tengo miedo de una cosa, de que en nuestra vida el miedo ocupe el lugar del amor.
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH yo te amo para comenzar a amarte,
para recomenzar el infinito
y para no dejar de amarte nu...
PABLO NERUDA La felicidad la pueden experimentar en toda su intensidad sólo los que han vivido grandes altibajos...
FRANCESC MIRALLES El niño que sobrevivió continúa siendo un símbolo de nuestra causa: el triunfo del bien, el pode...
J.K. ROWLING Cómo soportaba él los ojos de la muchacha y revolvía los suyos contra la cabeza juvenil, escapand...
JUAN CARLOS ONETTI Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algún conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de ...
L.M. MONTGOMERY Nuestra misión consistía en tratar de rescatar a nuestros pacientes del mundo exclusivo, propio, a...
JUAN AROCA SANZ Ponerse un huipil era toda una iniciación, al hacerlo uno repetía diariamente el viaje interior ha...
LAURA ESQUIVEL Antes de continuar me volví para ver si el tiempo seguía allí.
THOMAS WOLFE Yo atravesé el duelo gracias a ellos y descubrí que los amigos nunca se apenan del todo en tu desg...
DAVID TRUEBA Sólo los sacerdotes y los locos no tienen miedo a nada, y yo nunca me he llevado muy bien con Dios
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
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'Right, i...
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JOHN GREEN I'm in love with you," he said quietly.
"Augustus," I said.
"I am," he said. H...
JOHN GREEN I looked over at Augustus Waters, who looked back at me. You could almost see through his eyes they ...
JOHN GREEN And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it.
JOHN GREEN -so if the inevitability of oblivion worries you, than I suggest you ignore it. God knows that's wha...
JOHN GREEN Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.
JOHN GREEN You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
JOHN GREEN What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
JOHN GREEN Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the sid...
JOHN GREEN What's that?"
"The laundry basket?"
"No, next to it."
"I don't see anything next to i...
JOHN GREEN Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.
JOHN GREEN For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and too...
JOHN GREEN We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels -...
JOHN GREEN I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not tru...
JOHN GREEN Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his large...
JOHN GREEN The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tighteni...
JOHN GREEN Anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.
JOHN GREEN You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town.
JOHN GREEN But there was so much todo: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on. I'll have more tim...
JOHN GREEN How wil we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?
JOHN GREEN AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed.
'So that's Sara,' I said.
'Yes.'
'She seems nice.
JOHN GREEN The pigs can't stop the fox; I'm too quick,' Takumi said to himself. "I can rhyme while I run; I'm t...
JOHN GREEN I’m just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.
JOHN GREEN You can't just make me different and then leave
JOHN GREEN She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale.
"DO NOT OBJECTIFY W...
JOHN GREEN But why Alaska?' I asked her.
'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut...
JOHN GREEN Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better th...
JOHN GREEN I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.
JOHN GREEN You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.
JOHN GREEN I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don’t t...
JOHN GREEN I've never known before what it feels like to want someone - not to want to hook up with them or wha...
JOHN GREEN There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly lear...
JOHN GREEN Why is being a nerd bad? Saying I notice you’re a nerd is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you�...
JOHN GREEN I wanted us to have an adventure. Because I love that crap. Because I'm not whatever-her-name-is. I ...
JOHN GREEN If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit,...
JOHN GREEN If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane.
JOHN GREEN I do not say goodbye. I believe that's one of the bullshitiest words ever invented. It's not like yo...
JOHN GREEN Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.
JOHN GREEN Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will
JOHN GREEN