La verdad, es que en el fondo soy un fatalista. Si a uno le llega la hora, da lo mismo un Boeing que la puntual maceta que se derrumba sobre uno desde un séptimo piso
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Related Siempre hay un momento, justo antes de empezar a leer, en el que el corazón me da un vuelco y me pr... NICHOLAS SPARKS Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un... JAY ASHER Que haya otros que estén en desacuerdo con nosotros (que no tomen en cuenta lo que hacemos sino lo ... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Cuando se ha hecho la guerra apenas sabe ya nadie lo que es un muerto. Y además un hombre muerto so... ALBERT CAMUS Me pregunto si la gente se da cuenta de lo pequeño y cerrado que es el mundo en el que vivimos. Pod... MARIAM PARRA Cambiar una ortodoxia por otra no supone necesariamente un avance. el enemigo es la mentalidad de gr... GEORGE ORWELL …debes darte cuenta de que nos hemos pasado la vida desde pequeños respondiendo a la pregunta ‘... ALBERT ESPINOSA Cosas detestables Cuando uno tiene prisa por salir, llega alguien de visita y se queda ha... SEI SHōNAGON Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro... JULIO CORTáZAR Esa pareja equilibrada no es una utopía ; existen tales parejas, a veces incluso en el mismo marco ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ¿Quieres entender que es un año de vida? Pregúntaselo a un estudiante que acaba de suspender el e... MARC LEVY Los amantes y los locos tienen desbocado el seso, y son dados a forjar fantasías que abarcan más d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Quiero llegar hasta donde pueda empleando todas mis fuerzas. Tomando lo que quiero, dejando lo que n... HARUKI MURAKAMI De lo que hemos dicho se desprende que la tarea del poeta es describir no lo que ha acontecido,... ARISTOTLE Gran parte de una desgracia cualquiera consiste, por así decirlo, en la sombra de la desgracia, en ... C.S. LEWIS Pongámonos de acuerdo en qué es la igualdad, pues si la libertad es la cima, la igualdad es la bas... VICTOR HUGO El corazón de las personas es como un pozo muy profundo. Nadie sabe lo que hay en el fondo. Sólo p... HARUKI MURAKAMI Qué feo eso de que le digan a uno la verdad, sobre todo si se trata de una de esas verdades que uno... MARIO BENEDETTI Bea dice que el arte de leer se está muriendo lentamente, que es un ritual íntimo, que un libro es... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Esta ciudad es bruja, sabe Usted, Daniel? Se le mete a uno en la piel y le roba el alma sin que uno ... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade... LAURA ESQUIVEL La innovación es lo que le da vida y dinamismo a social media, siempre debes preguntarte si eres t�... CRISTO LEON Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, p... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Que significa 'amar'? Durante anios he pensado que significa conocer a la otra persona..., conocerla... SáNDOR MáRAI Si el honor y la sabiduría y la felicidad no son para mí, que sean para otros. Que el cielo exista... JORGE LUIS BORGES Como ve, todos tenemos en nuestro interior los elementos necesarios para producir fósforo. Es más,... LAURA ESQUIVEL El corazón que ha encerrado se marchita lentamente y le crece pelo, lo que simboliza su propio desc... J.K. ROWLING No fue un beso muy largo, y desde luego no fue uno de esos de película, pero fue maravilloso a su m... NICHOLAS SPARKS En Harvard y otras universidades, estudiaron la importancia de la actitud en el éxito de las person... JOHN C. MAXWELL RECUERDE LA FLOR DE LOTO Las grandes personas siempre se burlaban de los que se sie... SUZY KASSEM Para bailar, hay que merecerlo. Bailar sobre un escenario y delante de público constituye la mayor ... AMéLIE NOTHOMB Todos los secretos están guardados en un mismo cajón, el cajón de los secretos, y si develas uno,... LAURA RESTREPO La cosa pública es un desastre -voceaba, a la menor oportunidad, don Ramón- Cada uno mira demasiad... MIGUEL DELIBES El problema es que se recuerda esta lista con una intensidad tal que su mismo ardor confunde los hec... THOMAS KENEALLY Ponerse un huipil era toda una iniciación, al hacerlo uno repetía diariamente el viaje interior ha... LAURA ESQUIVEL Gracia…, esa es mi palabra favorita de la iglesia. Un estado del ser, algo por lo que puedes rezar... ELIZABETH SCOTT La voluntad, el deseo de vivir, es tan fuerte en el animal como en el hombre. En el hombre es mayor ... PíO BAROJA [Se había enamorado] de la misma manera que aparecen las estrellas en el cielo: apenas uno nota un ... ANAGABY ARRIETA El amor es lo que mueve el mundo. Es la única cosa que permite a hombres y mujeres seguir en pie en... STEPHEN KING Yo quería a mi papá con un amor que nunca volví a sentir hasta que nacieron mis hijos. Cuando los... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE La verdad no es realmente más extraña que la ficción, digan lo que digan. La mayoria de la veces ... STEPHEN KING —No, la próxima vez que te bese durará un largo, largo tiempo. Y cuando lo hayamos hecho compren... SIMONE ELKELES -Todo lo que he hecho en este año de la expiación ha terminado por dejar atrás sólo cenizas. As�... PATRICK GLEASON Cásate con la mujer que te quiera, aunque no la quieras tú. Es mejor casarte para que le conquiste... MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO No fue el dolor, sino lo injusto del asunto, lo que atontó a Peter. Lo dejó impotent... J.M. BARRIE Y, entonces, en ese instante que tan solo dura un segundo, el cerebro se encarga de abrir la cerradu... AUDREY DRY El amor verdadero no era precisamente uno de esos absolutos; pregunta en la cual la palabra <>... ERNESTO SABATO William Rackham es lo que podríamos llamar un cristiano ateo supersticioso; es decir, cree en un Di... MICHEL FABER La verdad es como una manta que nos deja los pies fríos. Ya puede uno tirar de ella hacia sí en to... N.H. KLEINBAUM A Clary se le secó la boca y las lágrimas le hicieron un nudo en la garganta. Se dijo que no debí... CASSANDRA CLARE La verdadera compasión nace cuando se entiende que lo que alguien percibe como la verdad es, a todo... JAMES RODHES Así se reanudó una amistad prohibida que por lo menos una vez se pareció al amor. Hablaban hasta ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Le rodeó la cintura con un brazo, con un nudo en la garganta. —¿De veras? —De veras.... NALINI SINGH El amor más hermoso es un cálculo equivocado, una excepción que confirma la regla, aquello para l... FEDERICO MOCCIA A medida que transcurría el tiempo, se afirmaba en la certeza de que el mundo y la vida eran más f... ARTURO PéREZ-REVERTE la admiración por el Padre, símbolo de lo cerrado y agresivo, capaz de chingar y abrir, se transpa... OCTAVIO PAZ Sólo quiero que se haga justicia. Nada más. En toda mi vida he pensado que lo que quería era veng... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Una avalancha comienza con un guijarro. Un bosque con una semilla. Y solo se necesita una palabra pa... JAY KRISTOFF Ninguna definición compleja de lo que es o podrá ser la fotografía atenuará jamás el placer dep... SUSAN SONTAG La felicidad la pueden experimentar en toda su intensidad sólo los que han vivido grandes altibajos... FRANCESC MIRALLES Si uno hace algo incorrecto en la mesa con cierta arrogancia, como si supiera perfectamente que est�... SYLVIA PLATH Solo. Sí, esa es la palabra clave, la palabra más tremenda. Asesino no le llega a los talones, e i... STEPHEN KING Lolita, luz de mi vida, fuego de mis entrañas. Pecado mío, alma mía. Lo-li-ta: la punta de la len... VLADIMIR NABOKOV porque el camino recto del amor, ya se guíe por sí mismo, ya sea guiado por otro, es comenzar por ... PLATO La primera regla del Club de la lucha es: nadie habla sobre el Club de la lucha. La segunda regla de... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Si se lo permitimos, los niños pueden enseñarnos la salida. Hay una historia muy conocida de... BRIAN L. WEISS Queremos que el fotógrafo sea un espía en la casa del amor y de la muerte y que los retratados no ... SUSAN SONTAG El sakia peleaba como un león para distinguirse y ennoblercese, no sabiendo que la vejez lo encontr... VICENTE BLASCO IBáñEZ El amor desesperado consiste en inventarse un personaje, exigir a la persona amada que lo represente... ELIZABETH GILBERT Porque no vivo ni en mi pasado ni en mi futuro. Tengo sólo el presente, y él es el que me interesa... PAULO COELHO En cierto sentido, la visión del mundo que tenía el Partido se imponía con éxito a gente incapaz... GEORGE ORWELL Quiero tanto a mi madre... No me importa si es cursi decirlo. Creo que en mi próximo cumpleaños vo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Si quedaba alguna esperanza, debía estar en los proles, porque solo en esas masas... GEORGE ORWELL Que yo sepa, lo único que no da resaca y que disipa momentáneamente la muerte —tambié... MILENA BUSQUETS Hay algo en el generoso y abnegado amor de un animal que llega directamente al corazón de aquel que... EDGAR ALLAN POE Es la imagen más pura de la mujer amada: la que aún no conocemos totalmente, la que se revelará, ... HENRI BARBUSSE Entro Kriztina y aquel salon oscuro se inundo de luz. No solamente irradiaba juventud, no. Irradiaba... SáNDOR MáRAI Si Ryle en verdad te amara, no permitiría que lo aceptarás de nuevo. Tomaría la decisión de deja... COLLEEN HOOVER Desde temprana edad eran conscientes del escaso valor que el mundo daba a los libros, de manera que ... JEFFREY EUGENIDES Dolor y muerte. Dos palabras que podrían resumir lo que ocurrió en Hollow Hallows a finales de su ... CARLOS J. EGUREN No hay razón para estar enfadado. La ira solo distrae la tristeza que lo abarca, el sincero conocim... JOHN GREEN Si una mujer ofrece la mejilla para que su novio no la bese en la boca, hasta un ciego puede ver que... ISABEL ALLENDE Soy un gato, un ser extremadamente sensible a los más sutiles cambios en la mente o el alma del mun... SōSEKI NATSUME La Tranquilidad es solo el espacio que existe entre un problema y otro. GERARDO PALACIOS BORJAS Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algún conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de ... L.M. MONTGOMERY —Estoy enamorado de ti, y no me apetece privarme del sencillo placer de decir la verdad. Estoy ena... JOHN GREEN La vida es como una vela prendida. Todos cuando nacemos llevamos una con nuestro nombre reflejado en... AUDREY DRY Ustedes piensan primero en obtener la producción más grande posible en el menor tiempo posible. No... ALDOUS HUXLEY El pueblo antiguo que deseaba tener una clara armonía moral en el mundo, ordenaba primero su vida n... CONFUCIUS El sufrimiento es el precio que se paga uno a sí mismo RAFEL CHIRBES Con tal disposición y determinación, ¡qué país es éste para el viajero, donde la más mísera ... WASHINGTON IRVING Llega un momento en que nos damos cuenta de que nuestros padres no se pueden salvar a ellos mismos n... JOHN GREEN Es muy triste olvidar a un amigo. Tener un amigo no es cosa de la que puede ufanarse todo el mundo. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY La marea comienza a descender. Los árboles afirman nuevamente sus raíces en la tierra. Las olas VIRGINIA WOLF Es una mera ficción eso de que no existe un puente de unión entre una y otra gente, y que todos vi... HERMANN HESSE Una mujer merece más que un príncipe azul, más que un rey colmado de oro, más que un poderoso em... MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA Todo lo que he aprendido hoy en la clase sobre Shakespeare es que a veces tienes que enamorarte de l... JACKSON PEARCE Hay una realidad que demuestra la verdad de un hecho. Porque nuestra memoria y nuestros sentidos son... HARUKI MURAKAMI Pero un tipo de libro que a casi nadie le gusta leer es un libro sobre leyes. Los libros sobre leyes... LEMONY SNICKET Todo en ella es cautivante, como la consecuencia de una tormenta. No se supone que la gente obtenga ... COLLEEN HOOVER
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