Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan que los pruebe, yo les diré a los científicos que se larguen, porque no quiero ver un mundo sin él" —The Fault in Our Stars - John Green.
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Related Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan q... JOHN GREEN Y escribir cada día, ganar la lotería de al menos una frase que nadie ha dicho nunc... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE «¿Y mientras tanto?», preguntó el marqués. «Mientras tanto», dijo Abrenuncio, «tóquenl... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ —Pues ahí, no aquí [...] siguen morando en nidos y en «boudoirs», en cortes de justicia y en o... VIRGINIA WOOLF Pero los caminos de ella eran más largos que todos los caminos que yo habia andado en mi vida y has... JUAN RULFO Mi libro favorito, con diferencia, era Un dolor imperial, pero no me gustaba decirlo. Algunas veces ... HAZEL GRACE Pero cada uno de los hombres no es tan solo él mismo; es también un punto único, particularismo, ... HERMANN HESSE -Yo me acuerdo que recordaba -murmuró. Emitió un largo suspiro mientras se sentaba, encogía las p... JAMES DASHNER Yo quería a mi papá con un amor que nunca volví a sentir hasta que nacieron mis hijos. Cuando los... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE Supongo que hay dos tipos de personas en el mundo: los que se sientan alrededor de un fuego a mirar ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro... JULIO CORTáZAR Al fin nos hemos encontrado. Al fin te encuentro. Justo cuando pienso que no tardaré en ponerme a l... MAKOTO SHINKAI Cuando pensaba en él muriendo, que admito que no ha sido muchas veces, siempre pensaba en lo que di... JOHN GREEN Queremos que el fotógrafo sea un espía en la casa del amor y de la muerte y que los retratados no ... SUSAN SONTAG Antes de la tragedia, cada hombre se consideraba unido inescindiblemente a los demás, en pensamient... JOSé RAFAEL HERRERA Porque no vivo ni en mi pasado ni en mi futuro. Tengo sólo el presente, y él es el que me interesa... PAULO COELHO Yo he visto estos solitarios apretujados en increíbles racimos en los andenes y en los coches del t... ARTURO USLAR PIETRI En cierto sentido, la visión del mundo que tenía el Partido se imponía con éxito a gente incapaz... GEORGE ORWELL (...) Le tiré de la camisa, queriendo besa su piel. Él se apartó y se irguió. -¿En la... MARIA V. SNYDER Pero yo creo en el amor verdadero, ¿sabes? No creo que todo el mundo se queda con los ojos o no enf... JOHN GREEN Este primer episodio también podría llamarse: El día en que no fui a clase y un robot quiso matar... CARLOS J. EGUREN Que yo sepa, lo único que no da resaca y que disipa momentáneamente la muerte —tambié... MILENA BUSQUETS Pero el amor, esa palabra... Moralista Horacio, temeroso de pasiones sin una razón de aguas hondas,... JULIO CORTáZAR Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero cuánto la quise. Mi voz buscaba el viento para tocar su oíd... PABLO NERUDA Pero los escritores mienten, aun los más sinceros. Los menos hábiles, carentes de palabras y frase... MARGUERITE YOURCENAR Me abrazo a la almohada. Pido, aunque ya sé que no me será concedida, una noche tranquil... MILENA BUSQUETS Algunas veces lees un libro, sientes un extraño afán evangelizador y estás convencido de que este... JOHN GREEN Dolor y muerte. Dos palabras que podrían resumir lo que ocurrió en Hollow Hallows a finales de su ... CARLOS J. EGUREN Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY —No puedo hablar sobre nuestra historia de amor, así que hablaré sobre matemáticas. No soy una ... JOHN GREEN Así, pues, le dije: —Ya sabes, Tom, que no sirvo ni para limpiarte los zapatos. Pero no impo... MARK TWAIN Había una vez un hombre bajito y extraño que decidió tres cosas importantes acerca de su vida: MARKUS ZUSAK —¿Por qué sigues creyendo en Dios? ¿No estás enfadada con Él por todas las cosas malas que te... SYLVAIN REYNARD Dale vida a los sueños que tienes escondidos..descubriras que puedes vivir estos momentos, con los ... NO Sé QUIEN LO DIJO Yo no me callo Perdone el ciudadano esperanzado mi recuerdo de acciones miserables,<... PABLO NERUDA Encontrarse solo con los rastros en lugar de con los recuerdos en sí se parece a mirar con lágrima... ORHAN PAMUK Yo soy leal a los míos, y, a diferencia de vos, aprendí a ejercer de soldado y mirar a los ojos si... JORDI BALAGUER -Te quiero -añadió él-. ¿Sabes cuánto te quiero? - Más que todos los peces del mar juntos... NICHOLAS SPARKS En una cruz a Cristo vi Cuando Él por mí sufrió; Los ojos Él fijó en mí Cuando Él allí muri�... C.J. MAHANEY Me prometiste que nunca me follarías, pero ¿qué fue lo de anoche? Ni una palabra, ni un «te quie... SYLVAIN REYNARD Ese chico roto en la playa parecía como hace una vida. Los años habían pasado, colegio y la NFL, ... NICOLE WILLIAMS —Quiero que me ames—dije mirándolo a los ojos ignorando a los curiosos que se encontraban alred... LOLO MAYAYA Ya en el escaparate de la librería localizaste la portada con el título que buscabas. Siguiendo es... ITALO CALVINO Yo no busco en las personas ni la bondad ni la buena educación siquiera..., aunque creo que esto ú... CARMEN LAFORET Pasara lo que pasara, se concedería otra oportunidad. Una oportunidad justa, sin importarle lo que ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Me encantaría creer en un mundo invisible. Eso destruiría todo el sufrimiento y la presión del mu... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Todo el que disfruta cree que lo que importa del árbol es el fruto, cuando en realidad es la semill... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Había sido besada unas pocas veces con anterioridad, pero nada como esto. Me sentí electrific... RACHEL HAWKINS Cuando yo muera quiero tus manos en mi ojos: quiero la luz y el trigo de tus manos amadas ... PABLO NERUDA Quiero demostrarle que no me hace falta pedir un deseo para formar parte de nada. Aquí estoy yo y m... JACKSON PEARCE nose si te pasa a ti .. pero cada dia.. mi mundo como que se detiene por unos segundos.. y mi imagin... DAVID MATEOS —Yo te conozco —musitó con un hilo de voz. De repente, me miró con los ojos muy abiertos—. P... ROBINSON WELLS - La gente debería tenerle miedo a Ursula Monkton - afirmé - Quizá. Y a qué crees que le ti... NEIL GAIMAN Algunas veces te levantas de la cama y ya no sabes porqué estás luchando. ¿Estás luchando el dí... EMILIO BUESO Creo que si alguna vez tengo hijos y están disgustados, no les diré que la gente se muere de hambr... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Pero siento como si conociera a Rue...La veo en las flores amarillas que crecen en la Pradera junto ... SUZANNE COLLINS Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, p... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Que la vida del hombre es solamente un sueño ya se le había ocurrido a bastantes, y también a mi ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Aspiro a no depender de nadie, ni del hombre que adoro. No quiero ser su manceba, tipo innoble, la h... BENITO PéREZ GALDóS Cuando vas por las calles nadie te reconoce. Nadie ve la corona de cristal, nadie mira PABLO NERUDA Para que los pasos no me lloren, para que las palabras no me sangren: canto. OTTO RENé CASTILLO Aquí están todos los sitios a los que hemos ido. Y todos los sitios a los que iremos. Y estoy yo, ... JOHN GREEN 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 Yo te he nombrado reina. Hay más altas que tú, más altas. Hay más puras que tú, más ... PABLO NERUDA Si os he referido estos detalles acerca del asteroide B 612 y si os he confiado su número es por la... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY No se me importa un pito que las mujeres tengan los senos como magnolias o como pasas de higo;<... OLIVERIO GIRONDO A veces se preguntaba si los instintos del ser humano habían cambiado en ese tiempo, y siempre lleg... NICHOLAS SPARKS Lolita, luz de mi vida, fuego de mis entrañas. Pecado mío, alma mía. Lo-li-ta: la punta de la len... VLADIMIR NABOKOV Porque en los momentos mas tristes hay alguien que llora contigo, sufre porque tu sufres, te entiend... DULCE MARíA Cosas detestables Cuando uno tiene prisa por salir, llega alguien de visita y se queda ha... SEI SHōNAGON Mi amigo M dice que lo irónico de ser un zombie es que todo tiene gracia, pero no puedes sonreír p... ISAAC MARION Que yo y otras muchas mujeres vayamos buscando heroínas de cuento de hadas en los libros es otra ve... ANGELA CARTER —Te diré a lo que es real. Real es que yo estaba en la cárcel durante el último año, quedándo... 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Es un... JAY ASHER Mi cuarto esta oscuro, y Etienne envuelve sus brazos a mi alrededor. Escuchamos a la cantante de óp... STEPHANIE PERKINS Quizas te sorprenda que me acuerde con tanto detalle de ese dia, de esas horas (...) A mi tambien me... SáNDOR MáRAI Así, la suerte de la mujer y la del socialismo están íntimamente ligadas, como se ve también SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Yo no tenía hermanos. Era hijo único. Y por eso sentí durante toda mi niñez algo parecido a... HARUKI MURAKAMI Pero en los casos en los que no ha sido costumbre sino el más íntimo impulso el que nos ha llevado... HERMANN HESSE Los devotos del mundo entero practican sus ritos sin tener garantizado que les sirva de nada. ELIZABETH GILBERT - Adiós -dijo el zorro-. He aquí mi secreto, que no puede ser más simple: sólo con el corazón s... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Conozco las estrellas por memorias, los ejércitos de la noche, y hay en la delantera los que nos tr... AESCHYLUS Nos acercaremos a Dios no con el intento de evitar los sufrimientos inherentes a todos los amores, s... C.S. LEWIS Me dan miedo los gatos blancos porque son igual de malos que los gatos negros, pero no hay manera de... CHUS FERNáNDEZ
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And that is a powerful opiate, cert... JOHN GREEN I figured something out. The future is unpredictable. JOHN GREEN When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again.... JOHN GREEN It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. JOHN GREEN Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth,... JOHN GREEN [I]t occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, beca... JOHN GREEN Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will… but then again, if you don’t imagine, nothing eve... JOHN GREEN What the hell is instant ? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant puddin... JOHN GREEN I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a w... 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