Quotes from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Mucha gente cree que jamás viajeremos al futuro, pero yo creo que lo hacemos cada noche. Duermes y cuando despiertas han pasado cosas increíbles: se han firmado tratados, han cambiado los valores de la bolsa, hay gente que ha roto con su pareja o se ha enamorado en otras partes del planeta, donde la vida sigue...”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Decía que los puntos finales facilitan la vida a la gente. Los puntos aparte y los suspensivos incrementan la inteligencia.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Nunca se sabe qué encontrará uno tras una puerta. Quizá en eso consiste la vida: en girar pomos.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Es increíble cómo la vida da tantos vuelcos cuando ni tan siquiera lo esperas.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“¿O acaso puedes admirar algo que no envidias? ¿O puedes envidiar algo que no admiras?”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Ese amor no deseado, ese deseo no correspondido, es un gran regalo que te hacen.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Me gusta dormir, quizá es lo que mas me gusta en esta vida. … Desde pequeño he pensado que dormir te aparta del mundo, te hace inmune a sus ataques…”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Creo poco en el amor y bastante en el sexo.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Sí, siempre he pensado que los sueños son anuncios; algunos largos como publirreportajes, otros cortos como tráilers y otros minúsculos teasers. Y todos hablan sobre nuestros deseos. Sin embargo no los entendemos porque es como si los rodara David Lynch”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“La gente viola con sus sueños: viola la intimidad, viola el lenguaje con el que se expresa, viola esa imagen como mejor le parece. Cuántas veces he tenido sexo con gente en sueños y al día siguiente no me he atrevido ni a saludarla, pensando que en el “buenos días” se notará las “buenas noches que hemos pasado”. Quizá el mundo iría mejor si contásemos nuestros sueños eróticos a los que han sido protagonistas de ellos”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Recuerdo que mucha gente pensó que todos los que dejasen de dormir venderían su cama. No pasó; la cama aún tenía muchas funciones en la vida de esa gente: amar, tener sexo, descansar con los ojos abiertos, tumbarse, vivir… Se vendieron más camas que nunca.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Hay cosas que el paso de los años no nos arrebata.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“No pienses en tendencias sexuales. Las tendencias tan sólo reflejan miedo a la diferencia y a lo que no comprendes. Tan sólo debes aceptar que están proyectando en tu un sentimiento.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“A veces te vas por las ramas para no tener que ir directo a la raíz. Sobre todo si la raíz es dolorosa y puede derribar el árbol.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Tenemos miedos. Todos tenemos miedos, aunque lo bueno de esta vida es que casi nadie nos pregunta cuáles son los nuestros. Los intuyen, los huele, se encuentran con ellos en un día en un aeropuerto, en medio de una calle oscura, al subir a un autobús en una ciudad desconocida… Y de repente se dan cuenta de que somos miedosos al volar, a la oscuridad, a que nos roben o a amar y entregar en el sexo parte de nosotros”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Ella no creía en finalizar ni discusiones, ni charlas ni espectáculos de danza. Decía que los puntos finales facilitan la vida a la gente. Los puntos aparte y los suspensivos incrementan la inteligencia”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Nunca se sabe qué encontrará uno tras una puerta. Quizá en eso consiste la vida: en girar pomos”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“De vegades és difícil acceptar que et diguin una cosa tan bonica.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Los admiro y los envidio… ¿O acaso puedes admirar algo que no envidias? ¿O puedes envidiar algo que no admiras?”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Rompí a llorar", me encanta esa expresión. No se dice "rompí a comer" o "rompí a caminar". Rompes a llorar o a reír. Creo que vale la pena hacerse añicos por esos sentimientos...”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“És el principi d'una llarga i immortal amistat que un dia, bussejant per aquest gran mar que és la vida, vaig trobar dins d'una ostra que contenia aquesta perla fascinant i brillant que no era groga, sinó de colors.
[De Roger Berruezo]”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Les admiro i les envejo… Que potser pots admirar una cosa que no enveges? Que potser pots envejar una cosa que no admires?”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Dormir t'aparta del món, et fa immune als seus atacs. La gent només pot atacar els qui estan desperts, els qui tenen els ulls oberts. Els qui desapareixem enmig del son som inofensius.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Acceptar l'amor no desitjat abans de perdre'l i desitjar obtenir-lo.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Els coixins porten a dins una part dels teus malsons, dels teus problemes i dels teus somnis. I aquesta és la raó per la qual els posem aquelles fundes: per no veure-hi els rastres de la nostra vida. A ningú no agrada veure's reflectit en un objecte.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“La gent viola amb els seus somnis: viola la intimitat, viola el llenguatge amb què s'expressa, viola aquella imatge com li ve més de gust.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Potser el món aniria millor si expliquéssim els nostres somnis eròtics als qui els han protagonitzat.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“La meva mare m'havia ensenyat de ben petit a acceptar que els sentiments que altres persones tenien per nosaltres, encara que no els corresponguéssim, eren importants.
— Has d'entendre que aquest amor no desitjat, aquest desig no correspost, és un gran regal que et fan —em va dir [...]—. No el menyspreïs simplement perquè no t'és útil.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Les tendències [sexuals] només reflecteixen por a la diferència del que no comprens.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

“Els desigs ocults són el motor de la vida.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I

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