“People only get married when they've no other option, out of panic or desperation or so as not to lose someone they couldn't bear to lose. It's always the most conventional things that contain the largest measure of madness.” PeopleLosesBearsMarriedMadnessPanicConventionalDesperation Author:Javier Marías
“We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live life not according to their own desires are those who have no desires--which is the majority, actually. People can say what they like, they can speak of abnegation, sacrifice, generosity, acceptance, and resignation, but it's all false. The norm is for people to think that they desire whatever comes to them, whatever they achieve along the way or whatever is given to them--they have no preconceived desires.” PeopleThinkingWayDesireSpeakGivenSacrificeAchieveAcceptanceMajorityGenerosityLive LifeNormResignationAbnegation Author:Javier Marías
“I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if it’s in an indistinguishable murmur or imperceptible whisper, even if it would be better that I didn’t understand and what’s said is not intended for my ears or is said precisely so I won’t understand it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantSaidWould BeLanguageEarsDistanceTendencies Author:Javier Marías
“Superstition is just another form of thought like any other, a form that accentuates and regulates the association of ideas, it's an exacerbation, an illness, but, in fact, all thought is sickness, which is why no one ever thinks too much, at least most people do their best not to.” PeopleThinkingIdeasFactsFormToo MuchIllnessSicknessAssociationSuperstitionsAccentuate Book:Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me Source: Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me