“más sabe el que vive sin querer saber que el que quiere saber sin vivir,”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta
“La moral política es como una capa con tantos remiendos, que no se sabe ya cuál es el paño primitivo.”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta
“apático y de la timidez que era el resultado”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta
“Su dentadura había salido con tanta desigualdad que cada pieza estaba, como si dijéramos, donde le daba la gana. Y”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta
“Vivir es relacionarse, gozar y padecer, desear, aborrecer y amar. La lectura es vida artificial y prestada, el usufructo, mediante una función cerebral, de las ideas y sensaciones ajenas, la adquisición de los tesoros de la verdad humana por compra o por estafa, no por el trabajo. No”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta
Benito Pérez Galdós
Born place: in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Born date May 10, 1843
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“Svi mi svuda sa sobom nosimo neki Wolfsegg i imamo volju da ga sebi na spas izbrišemo, želimo ga uništiti tako da ga napišemo, izbrisati ga. Ali većinom nemamo snage za takvo brisanje. (...) Vjerijemo da s takvim naumom možemo početi, a to ipak nismo u stanju, sve je uvijek protiv nas i protiv takvog nauma i onda to uvijek odgađamo i nikad za to ne nađemo vremena, pa se tako mnogi radovi duha koji bi morali biti napisani ne napišu, ostane toliko zapisa koje cijelo vrijeme, godinama, desetljećima imamo u svojoj glavi, u svojoj glavi. Potežemo sve moguće razloge da s takvim radom ne počnemo, iskopavamo sve moguće igovore, zazivamo sve moguće duhove koji svi odreda mogu biti samo zli duhovi, samo da ne moramo početi, a baš bismo trebali početi. To je tragedija onoga koji hoće nešto napisati, to da uvijek izaziva ometače svoga pisanja.”
― Thomas Bernhard, quote from Extinction
“شاید غم انگیز باشد اما زیبا هم هست”
― Hermann Hesse, quote from The Journey to the East
“So I’m not gorgeous?” Macey challenged. “Of course you are.” He started away, turned back at the last minute. “But I’m the guy who figured out that’s not all you are.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story
“If you don't know where you're starting from, you don't know where you're going.”
― quote from Letting Ana Go
“You're perfect," He said roughly, cutting off my protest. "And if I had to do it over again, I would save you every time." His mouth closed over mine and there was no more thought. No more worry. No more pain or loss or fear. There was only Damian. His arm tightened around me, crushing me to him. I clung to him as his lips moved on mine with a need and hunger that nearly overwhelmed me.”
― Sara B. Larson, quote from Defy
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