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“A única razão segura e certa de estarmos neste mundo reside na vontade do nosso pai e da nossa mãe. Somos essa vontade. A vontade transferida para a carne.”

Desire Birth Meaning

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“I'm afraid of old people. They are what I will one day be.”

Fear Aging Retirement Old People Translation Andrea Rosenberg Gerascophobia

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“When life allows you to see the marriage between terror and joy, you are ready for abundance.”

Life Joy Terror Abundance Translation Andrea Rosenberg

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“Don't wait for tomorrow; tomorrow is for the dead.”

Waiting Tomorrow Dead Procrastination Translation Andrea Rosenberg

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“The most unsettling aspect is my tendency to relate to misfortune--not to alleviate it, but to make it mine, to place it in my heart.”

Empathy Sympathy Involvement Translation Andrea Rosenberg Caring About Others

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“I should have taken dozens of photos of that room. I should have photographed the whole house so nothing would ever be lost. One day I will no longer clearly remember that house where we loved one another so much, and once I can't remember it, I'll go mad.”

Memories Loss Grief Regret Photography Translation Andrea Rosenberg

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“Y no cogí la mano de mi padre moribundo. Nadie me enseñó a hacerlo. Me daba pánico hacerlo, me daba miedo, un miedo que iba agigantando mi soledad. El miedo a una mano, que acabó consintiendo la gran soledad en la que vivo.”

Enfermedad Cáncer

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa

“La invocación del pasado puede ocuparte las veinticuatro horas del día. Qué hay en mi presente sino esa terca y abrumadora y decadente y voluptuosa abundancia del pasado.”

Pasado Presente

Book:Alegría

Source: Alegría

“Mi religión es el pasado.”

Book:Alegría

Source: Alegría

“El cambio climático no es mas que una actualización del apocalipsis. Nos gusta el apocalipsis. Lo llevamos en la genética”

Book:Ordesa

Source: Ordesa