Quotes from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“I was very young and lived with my grandparents in a villa with white walls in the Calle Ocharan, in Miraflores.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Escribo. Escribo que escribo. Mentalmente me veo escribir que escribo y también puedo verme ver que escribo. Me recuerdo escribiendo ya y también viéndome que escribía. Y me veo recordando que me veo escribir y me recuerdo viéndome recordar que escribía y escribo viéndome escribir que recuerdo haberme visto escribir que me veía escribir que recordaba haberme visto escribir que escribía y que escribía que escribo que escribía. También puedo imaginarme escribiendo que ya había escrito que me imaginaría escribiendo que había escrito que me imaginaba escribiendo que me veo escribir que escribo.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“He was a man in the prime of his life, his fifties...broad forehead, aquiline nose, penetrating gaze, the very soul of rectitude and goodness.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“... дълг на слънцето е да свети, какво да се прави, ако все пак това предизвика пожар?”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Un estómago que evacua puntual y totalmente es gemelo de una mente clara y de un alma bien pensada”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Аз никога не съм обичал жена от плът и кръв. Мислите ли, че бих могъл да върша това, което върша, ако жените изцеждаха енергията ми? Мислите ли, че могат да се произвеждат деца и пиеси едновременно? Нима човек би могъл да съчинява, да твори ако живее под заплахата от сифилис? Жената и изкуството са взаимно изключващи се, приятелю мой. Всяко влагалище е гроб за артиста.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“De fiecare data, imi aparea tot mai clar ca unicul lucru pe care doream sa-l fac in viata era sa devin scriitor si astfel mi se intarea convingerea ca singura cale pentru a reusi este aceea de a te darui, trup si suflet, numai literaturii.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Un estómago cargado, (...) avaricioso, engendra malos pensamientos, avinagra el carácter, fomenta complejos y apetitos sexuales chuecos y crea vocación de delito, una necesidad de castigar en los otros el tormento excrementicio”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“su manera de coordinar las ideas hacía pensar en tumores, en afasia, en hombres mono”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Игумените се безпокояха от вярата на пастор Сеферино Уанка Лейва, че в обширния репертоар на смъртните грехове по никой начин не трябва да фигурира ръкоблудството. Въпреки упреците на учителите, които с цитати от Библията и многобройни папски були, бичуващи Онан, се опитваха да го върнат в правия път, Сеферино Уанка Лейва нощем подбуждаше другарите си, твърдейки, че ръкоблудството е сътворено от Бога, за да обезщети свещениците заради обета им за безбрачие и целомъдрие или поне да го направи по-леко поносим. Грехът, твърдеше той, е в удоволствието, което предлага женската плът или (казано по-извратено) чуждата плът, но защо да се счита за грях скромното, самотно и безплодно облекчение, което постигат заедно въображението и ръката?”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Io le spiegai che l'amore non esisteva, che era un'invenzione di un italiano chiamato Petrarca e dei trovatori provenzali. Che quanto la gente credeva un cristallino fiotto dell'emozione, una pura effusione del sentimento era il desiderio istintivo dei gatti in calore celato dietro le belle parole e i miti della letteratura.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“No les guardo rencor, estoy acostumbrado a la incomprensión de la gente. ¡Hasta siempre, señores!”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Sólo los enamorados se abstraen así ─se acercó a él y le revolvió los cabellos─. Baja de la luna, sobrino.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Le raccontai tutta la mia vita, non quella passata ma quella che avrei vissuto in futuro.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“—Los van a meter presos por escandalosos y pornográficos —estaba feliz y, abrazándonos a los dos, nos anunció—: La flaca Nancy me ha aceptado una invitación a los toros y hay que celebrarlo.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Un tiro es un segundo. Eso es preferible a irse muriendo de a poquitos, de hambre, de frío, de soledad, de tristeza.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

“Por otra parte, el Perú me ha parecido siempre un país de gentes tristes”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

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“Good night’s sleep?’ she enquired, still smiling.

‘For Wing, certainly,’ Otto replied, ‘though possibly not anyone within a hundred yards of him. If whales snore, that’s what it sounds like.’

Wing smiled guiltily. ‘I did warn you.’

‘It’s a sign of a good healthy set of lungs, at least that’s what my dad always used to tell me,’ Laura said, chuckling, ‘though I think there were a few nights where my mum was not far from taking a kitchen knife and checking to see if his were as healthy as he claimed, if you know what I mean.’

Otto nodded in agreement. ‘I wonder if you snore after you get hit with a sleeper?’

‘Don’t even think about it,’ Wing replied.”
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