Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Quote by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Work

Cartas desde mi celda

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, born on February 17, 1836, was a renowned Spanish poet. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and unique style, and he is considered one of the representative figures of Spanish Romantic literature. more

You May Also Like

“No es justo, porque yo no pedí que mi padre se marchara, no pedí estar deprimido, ni pedí que no tuvieramos dinero, ni pedí querer coger con tipos, ni pedí ser idiota, ni pedí no tener amigos de verdad, ni pedí la mitad de la mierda que me sale por la boca. Lo único que quería era un puto respiro, una puta cosa buena, y esta claro que era pedir demasiado, querer demasiado.”

“Gregor’s serious wound, from which he suffered for over a month - the apple remained imbedded in his flesh as a visible souvenir since no one dared to remove it - seemed to have reminded even his father that Gregor was a member of the family, in spite of his present pathetic and repulsive shape, who could not be treated as an enemy; that, on the contrary, it was the commandment of the family duty to swallow their disgust and endure him, endure him and nothing more.”

“Rather like "Orwellian", the term "Kafkaesque" has come to be used, often enough by those who have not read a word of Kafka, to describe what are perceived as typically or even uniquely modern traumas: existential alienation, isolation and insecurity, the labyrinth of state bureaucracy, the corrupt or whimsical abuse of totalitarian power, the impenetrable tangle of legal systems, the knock on the door in the middle of the night….”