“[Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges them with loving energy. That is one of the qualities of love that moves me most, their capacity for transmitting love. Like water, words are a wonderful conductor of energy. And the most powerful, transforming energy is the energy of love.”
― Laura Esquivel, quote from Swift as Desire
“Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love.”
― Laura Esquivel, quote from Swift as Desire
“there's only a space between now and here to get yourself nowhere.”
― Laura Esquivel, quote from Swift as Desire
“Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.”
― Laura Esquivel, quote from Swift as Desire
“...being able to listen to unrepeatable secrets, wishes, and desires wasn't as wonderful as it seemed...being aware of what other people felt at every moment would come to cause him a lot of headaches, and huge disappointments in love.”
― Laura Esquivel, quote from Swift as Desire
Laura Esquivel
Born place: in Mexico D.F., Mexico
Born date September 30, 1950
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“To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from De Profundis
“Brandon’s birthday party is on Friday, January 31, and I can hardly wait!”
― Rachel Renée Russell, quote from Dork Diaries Book 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
“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
“That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier.”
― Hermann Hesse, quote from The Journey to the East
“Hey I bruise," Hale said. "Also, you are freakishly strong.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story
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