Me entró entonces la duda de si habría poseído alguna vez un don que no fuese el de la fabulación; llegué a dudar, incluso, de la existencia de los poderes que las mujeres de mi familia materna habían creído poseer. Era posible que se tratase sólo de supersticiones, me decía; quizá tanto yo como mi madre, con su supuesta y gran destreza, lo único que habíamos hecho era creernos a pies juntillas -hasta el punto de dar por cierto cuanto creíamos ver- los cuentos de unas infelices, de unas pobres ancianas sumisas y candorosamente malévolas, como mi crédula abuela,la madre de mi madre, que tanto entusiasmo sentía por la adivinación.
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By d... MARIE KONDO I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! MARIE WINDSOR The king and the dauphin both like to see me on horseback. I only say this because all the world per... MARIE ANTOINETTE Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to exam... MARIE KONDO You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."... MARIE LU You know, sometimes I wonder what things would be like if I just ... met you one day. Like normal pe... MARIE LU I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart a... MARIE LU Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you. MARIE LU My name is June Iparis. MARIE LU I am June Iparis, I remind myself. MARIE LU He doesn't know who I am. MARIE LU She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, easily the most breathtaking girl in the room. MARIE LU Even in the dark, I see hints of a smile creep onto her face. “Yeah. You are a smooth talker.... MARIE LU Keep at it, Junebug—someday, you’ll shake the Republic to its very core. You’ll be absolutely ... MARIE LU I feel the pulse of our bond and history and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the retur... MARIE LU Without emotion, what's the point of being human? MARIE LU I took an oath June. I am still bound by that oath. I will die with honor for sacrificing everything... MARIE LU He loves you, really he does. He'd love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you. MARIE LU Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be you... MARIE LU You are a light,” she replies gently. “And when you shine, you shine bright. MARIE LU I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something ... MARIE LU The problem with loving is that pets don't last long enough and people last too long. MARIE CORELLI Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet. MARIE LU One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. MARIE CURIE You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us mu... MARIE CURIE To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very diffe... MARIE LENERU Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. MARIE CURIE People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a gala... MARIE HELVIN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... MARIE BRENNAN I pity my brother Ferdinand, knowing by my own feelings how sad a thing it is to live apart from one... MARIE ANTOINETTE Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try diffe... MARIE HELVIN I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I ... TEENA MARIE It is an amazing feature in the French character that they will let themselves be led away so easily... MARIE ANTOINETTE It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would s... MARIE ANTOINETTE We see 2000 as a key inflection point, which sets the stage for significantly decreasing losses in 2... MARIE TOULANTIS This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the reward... MARIE WINDSOR I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through... MARIE OSMOND I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you sta... MARIE BRENNAN That's what it is to be a grandma. All fun and no stress. MARIE OSMOND The Browning love story? It is an ideal, all too rare, and yet I hardly think it strange. It would h... MARIE CORELLI I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious... MARIE OSMOND Procrastination can wait for Tomorrrow. MICHELLE MARIE I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - G... MARIE WINDSOR If you fold your clothes in the formal spark of joy, you can actually make the joy last longer. MARIE KONDO My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this. MARIE WINDSOR Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It mus... MARIE CURIE