“La curiositat i la necessitat son ingredients imprescindibles per a l’exploració.”
Source: El tresor perdut de Pakamotu
“Sarcasm (n.) The ability to insult idiots without them realising it.”
“Knowledge is the greatest weapon against prejudice,” she told me once when I asked why she worked so obsessively. “I am never going to be caught unarmed again.”
Source: Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost
“Y quizá la vida es un patio de recreo, pienso de pronto. Creo que lo más importante es tener la valentía de jugar”
Source: La vida es bonita incluso ahora. Una historia real de superación y lucha / Life Is Beautiful Even Now: A True Story of Triumph and Struggle
“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”
“Forget about criticism and praise, forget about markets and agents and editors. You will remember all of that in time. But for now, forget it. No one is looking over your shoulder, no one is reading what you have written, and no one has an opinion about it. Right now you are alone, and it is time to write.”
Source: Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence
“Any girl can be glamourous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
“I learned to build a home from the wreckage.”
Source: Circe
“Sobre el papel queda la verdad que no decimos, el sentimiento que no hemos nombrado a viva voz, la sensibilidad que mantenemos contenida como vestida bajo un corsé de buenas actitudes.”
Source: Escríbete en caso de crisis: y en todos los casos
“Andy and I--even Tom Cable and I--had always talked obsessively about what we were going to be when we grew up, but with Boris, the future had never appeared to enter his head any further than his next meal. I could not envision him preparing in any way to earn a living or to be a productive member of society. And yet to be with Boris was to know that life was full of great, ridiculous possibilities--far bigger than anything they taught in school.”
Source: The Goldfinch