“El dinero, la traición y la muerte se mezclan en cada calle. Y yo camino en medio de todo.”
Source: CHIAROSCURO: The Woman with Crystal Eyes
“Hay cosas que se repiten en el linaje familiar. Miedos que no son nuestros, pero nos crecen dentro.
— Carta de Julia”
Source: Escisión: Dos almas, un cuerpo y ninguna salida.
“Mjaftuan ca pyetje rrotull e rrotull në fillim të sëmurit, pastaj të ëmës, për të vërtetuar edhe një herë se simptomat e dashurisë qenkan të njëjta me ato të kolerës.”
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“Pa i ardhur aspak keq për F, që në ato çaste, përçartej në ethe duke dhënë shpirt nga dashuria për të, mes erës dhe shiut, mbi një anije, e cila s'kish për ta çuar drejt harresës.”
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“These are some of my favorite smells: toasting bagel, freshly cut figs, the bergamot in good Earl Grey tea, a jar of whole soybeans slowly turning beneath a tropical sun.
You'd expect the latter to smell salty, meaty, flaccid- like what you'd smell if you unscrewed the red cap of the bottle on a table in your neighborhood Chinese restaurant and stuck your nose in as far as it would go. But real, fermenting soybeans smell nothing like sauce in a plastic bottle. Tangy and pungent, like rising bread or wet earth, these soybeans smell of history, of life, of tiny, patient movements, unseen by the naked eye.”
Source: Soy Sauce for Beginners
“Once you master breaking down the mental wall of running, there are no limits. When you both see and believe that you can run further, run faster, you can.”
Source: Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack
“Ultramarathons have a way of stripping you bare. All the outside layers are peeled away like an onion and you are left alone with your doubts and fears and a finish line that feels an eternity away.”
Source: Nowhere Near First: Ultramarathon Adventures From The Back Of The Pack
“Most ultramarathons are a sufferfest. I have concluded that it does not matter who you are or how much training you have completed, everyone suffers at some point during an ultra. What differentiates ultrarunners is how they handle themselves in the low moments.”
Source: Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack
“I started easy, so I reminded myself of the wisdom I had often heard repeated by experienced ultrarunners: it’s not about who goes the fastest, it’s about who doesn’t slow down the most.”
Source: Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack
“200 milers are different, you can come back from the dead.”
Source: Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack