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Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey Books

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“Es irracional creer —e incluso querer, sin duda— que se puedan tener todas las experiencias de la vida con la misma persona. Somos mucho más complicados y muy capaces de ser leales de por vida a muchas personas distintas de cualquier edad y sexo. ¿Por qué se empeña la sociedad en restringir al hombre y a la mujer a una sola relación de esa clase para siempre? Espero no romper jamás una promesa que haya hecho, pero si en este momento estuviera libre y sin compromiso, nunca volvería a prometer dedicación exclusiva a nadie.”

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“Aunque el rito católico me resulta tan ajeno como la lengua en la que se celebra, no pude por menos de conmoverme ante el respeto y la devoción que la gente siente por Il Papa. Envidio la fe que permite a esa multitud someterse tan por completo a la autoridad de un hombre, de un ser humano, al fin y al cabo, a pesar del puesto tan elevado que ocupa. La fe católica tiene un fondo infantil que me parece enternecedor. A todos nos gustaría contar con una figura paterna infalible, pero al final nos damos cuenta de que nuestros padres tienen tantos defectos como nosotros mismos.”

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“Sometimes I think it is ... frustration with life as it is lived day to day that compels me to write such long letters to people who seldom reply in kind, if indeed they reply at all. Somehow by compressing and editing the events of my life, I infuse them with a dramatic intensity totally lacking at the time, but oddly enough I find that years later what I remember is not the event as I lived it but as I described it in a letter.”

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“But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing than a face-to-face conversation. In a strange way I suspect I will get to know you better at a distance than I would if you had stayed at home.”

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“Whenever life gets to be too much for me, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open. Sleeping is cheaper and safer than drinking. It keeps you from saying or doing things you'll regret later, and though you may have nightmares, you won't wake up with a hangover. I recommend it wholeheartedly.”

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