El mundo no se divide en gente buena y mala; todos tenemos luz y oscuridad dentro de nosotros, lo que importa es la parte a la que obedecemos, eso es lo que realmente somos” Sirius Black.
J.K. Rowling
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ALBERT ESPINOSA La mayoría de nosotros encuentra muy difícil desear el cielo, salvo si esto significa volver a enc... C.S. LEWIS Realmente no lo entiendes, ¿verdad? —repuso—. No quiero tener todo lo que deseo. Nadie lo quier... NEIL GAIMAN Lo que pasó es lo de menos. Es una novela, y lo que ocurre en ellas da lo mismo y se olvida, una ve... JAVIER MARíAS Creer en Dios es cosa buena, es lo que se debe hacer, pero cuando se refuerza esta creencia con pala... V.C. ANDREWS -Todo lo que he hecho en este año de la expiación ha terminado por dejar atrás sólo cenizas. As�... PATRICK GLEASON Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro... JULIO CORTáZAR Que significa 'amar'? Durante anios he pensado que significa conocer a la otra persona..., conocerla... SáNDOR MáRAI Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algún conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de ... L.M. MONTGOMERY …debes darte cuenta de que nos hemos pasado la vida desde pequeños respondiendo a la pregunta ‘... ALBERT ESPINOSA ¿Ven la manera en que está el sol ahora, con las sombras largas y ese tipo de luz suave, brillante... JOHN GREEN El amor es lo que mueve el mundo. Es la única cosa que permite a hombres y mujeres seguir en pie en... STEPHEN KING Lo que menos me gusta es la gente, y lo que más me gusta son las personas (y la yuca, al mismo nive... REMATE Y, entonces, en ese instante que tan solo dura un segundo, el cerebro se encarga de abrir la cerradu... AUDREY DRY —Estoy enamorado de ti, y no me apetece privarme del sencillo placer de decir la verdad. Estoy ena... JOHN GREEN La felicidad busca la luz, por eso nos parece que el mundo es alegre; pero el sufrimiento se esconde... HERMAN MELVILLE Las crudas realidades de las personas, los menos favorecidos, no deberíamos sentir esas realidades ... PATRICIA VELáSQUEZ En cierto sentido, la visión del mundo que tenía el Partido se imponía con éxito a gente incapaz... GEORGE ORWELL Escribir es una necesidad infantil de construirme un mundo. Es evadir con picardía la realidad y to... RICARDO ARJONA Los Padres son dueños de todo y la gente no posée nada; es la obra maestra de la razón y la justi... VOLTAIRE Ningún escritor se convierte en minoritario autor de culto por sí solo. Es el lector, que creye... RAFAEL LECHOWSKI Pero en los casos en los que no ha sido costumbre sino el más íntimo impulso el que nos ha llevado... HERMANN HESSE - ¿Sabe que es lo peor de todo? Lo miré. No supe qué decir. - Que la voy olvidando. EDUARDO SACHERI Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un... JAY ASHER En la vida no todo es seguridad. Es ser capaces de recoger los pedazos después de que todo haya pas... SHERRILYN KENYON Entro Kriztina y aquel salon oscuro se inundo de luz. 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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A veces oigo una música... O una canción... Una voz de mujer... Y allí encuentro lo que he sentid... SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH La labor más importante del ser humano es buscar la moralidad en sus actos. Es de lo que depende nu... ALBERT EINSTEIN Durante toda mi vida he entendido el amor como una especie de esclavitud consentida. Pero esto no es... PAULO COELHO Es la posibilidad lo que me mantiene con esperanza, no la garantía; es como una apuesta que me hago... NICHOLAS SPARKS en realidad no importa que no esperemos nada de la vida, sino que la vida espere algo de nosotros. D... VIKTOR E. FRANKL Cuando pensaba en él muriendo, que admito que no ha sido muchas veces, siempre pensaba en lo que di... JOHN GREEN Cada quien es lo que es, por lo que la vida le haya hecho ver y aprender ED HERNANDEZ Estoy en este estacionamiento pensando que nunca he estado tan lejos de casa, y aquí esta la chica ... JOHN GREEN —Qué va. —Hablaba en serio. Jess lo supo por su mirada—. Toda esa historia de Jesús es realm... KATHERINE PATERSON Creo que ese momento terminó. De veras lo creo. No obstante a veces, en la oscuridad, pienso que es... STEPHEN KING porque el camino recto del amor, ya se guíe por sí mismo, ya sea guiado por otro, es comenzar por ... PLATO Es expresivo y cambiante el lenguaje de las campanas; su vibración es capaz de acentos hondos y gra... MIGUEL DELIBES - La gente debería tenerle miedo a Ursula Monkton - afirmé - Quizá. Y a qué crees que le ti... NEIL GAIMAN Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q... JAMES RHODES Lvov - Ahora me doy cuenta de mi escasa cultura. Hasta para enseñar a mis niños tengo que refresca... LEO TOLSTOY Estar enamorado es lo más maravilloso y lo más terrible que te puede suceder. Sabes que has encont... KIERA CASS hay muchas cosas que le dan sentido a la vida en las que podríamos encontrar la felicidad que tanto... ED HERNANDEZ Una avalancha comienza con un guijarro. Un bosque con una semilla. Y solo se necesita una palabra pa... JAY KRISTOFF —Te diré a lo que es real. Real es que yo estaba en la cárcel durante el último año, quedándo... SIMONE ELKELES El libro es jardín que se puede llevar en el bolsillo, nave espacial que viaja en la mochila, arma ... BENITO TAIBO El sufrimiento es impuesto a nosotros una y otra vez hasta que un día seríamos valientes sabios am... SUZY KASSEM Rue,, la niña que, cuando le preguntas por lo que mas ama en el mundo, contesta que la musica, nada... SUZANNE COLLINS Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, p... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Ustedes piensan primero en obtener la producción más grande posible en el menor tiempo posible. No... ALDOUS HUXLEY ¿Sabes lo mas divertido? Lo que es para partirse de risa? Que no es verdad, que ni siquiera lo quie... LEV GROSSMAN Me encantaría creer en un mundo invisible. Eso destruiría todo el sufrimiento y la presión del mu... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Yo no soy tan fuerte. A mi me importa que me entiendan. Hay personas a quienes quiero comprender y q... HARUKI MURAKAMI A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seg... SIMONE ELKELES La historia no ha cambiado. Hace mil anos ellos eran los duenos del mundo. Hoy en dia lo siguen sien... ANTONIO GUADARRAMA A veces se preguntaba si los instintos del ser humano habían cambiado en ese tiempo, y siempre lleg... NICHOLAS SPARKS Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade... LAURA ESQUIVEL Ella, sin duda, era la encarnación de la belleza que encontraba en la Tierra. Tenía que pasar por ... ANAGABY ARRIETA Dolor y muerte. Dos palabras que podrían resumir lo que ocurrió en Hollow Hallows a finales de su ... CARLOS J. EGUREN Quiero llegar hasta donde pueda empleando todas mis fuerzas. Tomando lo que quiero, dejando lo que n... HARUKI MURAKAMI La voluntad, el deseo de vivir, es tan fuerte en el animal como en el hombre. En el hombre es mayor ... PíO BAROJA Y puedo ver lo que es el supersueño -joyas, pieles, perfumes, batas de seda, anillos, cuadros, auto... EDMUNDO VALADéS Pero la guerra… Son los lápices rojos, las reglas y los compases, los mapas…. Motoristas, órde... ANGEL MARIA DE LERA A veces, lees un libro y te llena con este fervor evangélico raro, y te convences de que el mundo d... JOHN GREEN Gran parte de una desgracia cualquiera consiste, por así decirlo, en la sombra de la desgracia, en ... C.S. LEWIS No importa si no te entienden, lo que importa es que tengas el valor de decirlo. JACKSON PEARCE Nada es más valioso que la risa. Se requiere de fuerza para reír y abandonarse a uno, para ser lig... FRIDA KAHLO Todo en ella es cautivante, como la consecuencia de una tormenta. No se supone que la gente obtenga ... COLLEEN HOOVER
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Though, of course, that book’s not entirely reliable. A Revised... J.K. ROWLING So, Harry,' said Dumbledore quietly. "Before you got lost in my thoughts, you wanted to tell me some... J.K. ROWLING He will stay, Minerva, because he needs to understand,’ said Dumbledore curtly. ‘Understanding i... J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry,' said Dumbledore, twiddling ... J.K. ROWLING Cedric Diggory was an extremely handsome boy of around seventeen. He was Captain and Seeker of the H... J.K. ROWLING The truth is generally preferable to lies... J.K. ROWLING Hermione, Harry and Ron still seem to want to know you, judging by the way they were attempting to b... J.K. ROWLING If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we’ll come and get you at five o’clo... J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up, Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Aaaaah,” said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney’s mystical whisper, “when two Neptunes appear... J.K. ROWLING Kill the spare. -Voldemort J.K. ROWLING What would come, would come...and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING What he really wanted (and it felt almost shameful to admit it to himself) was someone like — some... J.K. ROWLING Who’s avoiding you?” said Ron, sitting down next to them. “Wish you would,” said Fred, looki... J.K. ROWLING We’ve been hearing explosions out of their room for ages, but we never thought they were actually ... J.K. ROWLING Harry - I'm flying north immediately. This news about your scar is the latest in a series of st... J.K. ROWLING He wasn't sure if he wanted to talk to him or hit him, both seemed quite appealing... J.K. ROWLING But I think Durmstrang must be somewhere in the far north," said Hermione thoughtfully. "Somewhere v... J.K. ROWLING Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy. J.K. ROWLING So...you lot got dates for the ball yet?" "Nope," said Ron. "Well, you'd better hurry up m... J.K. ROWLING Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you’re searching, ... J.K. ROWLING Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. Can I go no... J.K. ROWLING A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poison... J.K. ROWLING Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?" "What's the point?" said Ron. "Yo... J.K. ROWLING He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip... J.K. ROWLING Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ri... J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” J.K. ROWLING But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. J.K. ROWLING Giggling should be made illegal. J.K. ROWLING OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble st... J.K. ROWLING There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage. J.K. ROWLING Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I me... J.K. ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ... J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint... J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ... J.K. ROWLING Wow !” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ... J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ... J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin... J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela! ” he said hoarsely to Harry. “Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion... J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa... J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik... J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor. J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�... J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself.... J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby! J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e... J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye. J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher. “What �... J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "... J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur... J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran... J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin... J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you. J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid. "You don't think anything ... J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor... J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h... J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot... J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione... J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor... J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh... J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D... J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno... J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha... J.K. ROWLING I love magic! J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,... J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t... J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so... J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty. J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p... J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un... J.K. ROWLING Why do you live? Because I have something worth living for. J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail. . . . Gladys G... J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver... J.K. ROWLING