Pero un tipo de libro que a casi nadie le gusta leer es un libro sobre leyes. Los libros sobre leyes son muy largos, muy aburridos y muy difíciles. Es una de las razones por las que muchos abogados ganan tanto dinero. El dinero es un incentivo —la palabra «incentivo» significa aquí «recompensa ofrecida para que hagas algo que no quieres hacer»— para leer libros largos, aburridos y difíciles.
Lemony Snicket
Related Una de las mejores razones, si no hubiera otra, para la abolición del dinero, es precisamente que s... EDWARD BELLAMY Bea dice que el arte de leer se está muriendo lentamente, que es un ritual íntimo, que un libro es... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Para bailar, hay que merecerlo. Bailar sobre un escenario y delante de público constituye la mayor ... AMéLIE NOTHOMB Ya en el escaparate de la librería localizaste la portada con el título que buscabas. Siguiendo es... ITALO CALVINO Doña Lorena, una bibliotecaria sabia que rondaba por allí por las tardes, siempre me preparaba una... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Su voz y las palabras de los otros, que salen como cascadas de los libros, no son para aprender nada... BENITO TAIBO Que haya otros que estén en desacuerdo con nosotros (que no tomen en cuenta lo que hacemos sino lo ... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Mira, las mujeres son como el fuego, como las llamas. Algunas son como velas, luminosas e inofensiva... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Hay libros que tenemos a nuestro lado veinte años sin leerlos, libros de los que no nos alejamos, q... ELIAS CANETTI 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 No se necesita una sesión muy larga para comprender que mi vida es un intento incesante de probarle... DAVID FOENKINOS Polly había llorado tanto que se sentía deshidratada. El llanto juvenil es una cosa y el llanto ad... LAURIE COLWIN El libro es jardín que se puede llevar en el bolsillo, nave espacial que viaja en la mochila, arma ... BENITO TAIBO Mi libro favorito, con diferencia, era Un dolor imperial, pero no me gustaba decirlo. Algunas veces ... HAZEL GRACE Algunas veces lees un libro, sientes un extraño afán evangelizador y estás convencido de que este... JOHN GREEN Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algún conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de ... L.M. MONTGOMERY Tu casa, al ser el lugar donde lees, puede decirnos cuál es el lugar que los libros tienen en tu vi... ITALO CALVINO Con tal disposición y determinación, ¡qué país es éste para el viajero, donde la más mísera ... WASHINGTON IRVING Espero curarme de ti en unos días. Debo dejar de fumarte, de beberte, de pensarte. Es posible. Sigu... JAIME SABINES El corazón de las personas es como un pozo muy profundo. Nadie sabe lo que hay en el fondo. Sólo p... HARUKI MURAKAMI Una avalancha comienza con un guijarro. Un bosque con una semilla. Y solo se necesita una palabra pa... JAY KRISTOFF 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 A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seg... SIMONE ELKELES 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 Me gusta leer por lo que nos gusta hacerlo a mucha gente… porque al abrir los libros siempre encon... ELíSABET BENAVENT La voluntad, el deseo de vivir, es tan fuerte en el animal como en el hombre. En el hombre es mayor ... PíO BAROJA Pongámonos de acuerdo en qué es la igualdad, pues si la libertad es la cima, la igualdad es la bas... VICTOR HUGO Como ve, todos tenemos en nuestro interior los elementos necesarios para producir fósforo. Es más,... LAURA ESQUIVEL —No puedo hablar sobre nuestra historia de amor, así que hablaré sobre matemáticas. No soy una ... JOHN GREEN ¿Quieres entender que es un año de vida? Pregúntaselo a un estudiante que acaba de suspender el e... MARC LEVY Me encantaría creer en un mundo invisible. Eso destruiría todo el sufrimiento y la presión del mu... CHUCK PALAHNIUK A veces oigo una música... O una canción... Una voz de mujer... Y allí encuentro lo que he sentid... SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH Es una mera ficción eso de que no existe un puente de unión entre una y otra gente, y que todos vi... HERMANN HESSE El hombre filosófico tiene el presentimiento de que bajo esta realidad en la que vivimos y somos ya... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Yo no sé si os habréis dado cuenta, pero a menudo las primeras impresiones son absolutamente equiv... LEMONY SNICKET El peor tipo de llanto no era el tipo que todos podían ver, los lamentos en las esquinas, el desgar... KATIE MCGARRY Hoy ya sé que todo nos espía, que nada pasa inadvertido y que aun el papal pintado de las paredes ... GüNTER GRASS Pero es más que sólo un arañazo. Es un puñetazo en el estómago y una bofetada en la cara. Es un... JAY ASHER La cosa pública es un desastre -voceaba, a la menor oportunidad, don Ramón- Cada uno mira demasiad... MIGUEL DELIBES Así pues, tanto las sociedades como los grupos humanos más pequeños pueden tomar decisiones catas... JARED DIAMOND Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade... LAURA ESQUIVEL Pero el sufrimiento pasa. Si la vida, que es todo, pasa, por qué no han de pasar el amor y el dolor... FERNANDO SAVATER Cuando tienes un gran amor, debes cuidarlo como si fuera una planta. Debes abonarlo y protegerlo de ... HIROMI KAWAKAMI Este es un homenaje a los locos. A los inadaptados. A los rebeldes. A los alborotadores. A las ficha... WALTER ISAACSON –Watanabe, ¿puedes explicarme la diferencia entre el condicional simple y el condicional perfecto... HARUKI MURAKAMI Para mí, el azul mediterráneo ya no es bonito. La transparencia de sus aguas, tan valorada por los... JONATHAN FRANZEN Las consecuencias de esos procesos nos duelen hasta hoy cada vez que una comunidad originaria debe r... FELIPE PIGNA Sabrás que no te amo y que te amo puesto que de dos modos es la vida, la palabra es un al... PABLO NERUDA Esa pareja equilibrada no es una utopía ; existen tales parejas, a veces incluso en el mismo marco ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Quizas te sorprenda que me acuerde con tanto detalle de ese dia, de esas horas (...) A mi tambien me... SáNDOR MáRAI [Kelly Slater dijo desde el saque que Mar Ohno es un tablista que no debería ser subestimado por na... KELLY SLATER Si el libro que leemos no nos despierta de un puñetazo en el cráneo, ¿para qué leerlo?… Un lib... FRANZ KAFKA Como saben, me gusta recordar viejos episodios de nuestra Historia. Sobre todo si causan respeto por... ARTURO PéREZ-REVERTE Lo que no resulta explicable hoy, en una situación en una inferioridad política de las mujeres se ... PAUL B. PRECIADO La high society de aquí me cae muy gorda y siento un poco de rabia contra todos estos ricachones, p... GéRARD DE CORTANZE Algunas veces te levantas de la cama y ya no sabes porqué estás luchando. ¿Estás luchando el dí... EMILIO BUESO Siempre hay un momento, justo antes de empezar a leer, en el que el corazón me da un vuelco y me pr... NICHOLAS SPARKS —¿Nunca has parado el mundo? —¿Qué es parar el mundo? —Parar el mundo es decidir ... ALBERT ESPINOSA El "pero" es la palabra más puta que conozco -. "te quiero, pero..."; "podría ser, pero..."; "no e... EDUARDO SACHERI La vida es como una vela prendida. Todos cuando nacemos llevamos una con nuestro nombre reflejado en... AUDREY DRY ¡Ay, ese niño, cuánto lo quería! ¡Se parecía muchísimo a mi pobre Henry! ¡Pero había decidi... HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Más importante que la buena vida es lo que se pueda decir de ella; es decir, saber expresarla. No h... MEREDITH HAAF Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q... JAMES RHODES - La gente debería tenerle miedo a Ursula Monkton - afirmé - Quizá. Y a qué crees que le ti... NEIL GAIMAN Escribir en un diario es una experiencia muy extraña para alguien como yo. No solo porque nunca ant... ANNE FRANK El paraguas individual es la imágen favorita de mi padre cuando quiere caracterizar el tiempo en qu... EDWARD BELLAMY No fue un beso muy largo, y desde luego no fue uno de esos de película, pero fue maravilloso a su m... NICHOLAS SPARKS No se resista a dejarse invitar por ella si tiene más dinero. Si usted no es un gigoló, ella no va... JOSEP-VICENT MARQUéS Las mujeres que se fanatizaron con la liberación femenina fueron las que encontraron una manera mar... 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 Hay una realidad que demuestra la verdad de un hecho. Porque nuestra memoria y nuestros sentidos son... HARUKI MURAKAMI Los amantes y los locos tienen desbocado el seso, y son dados a forjar fantasías que abarcan más d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Fue un buen partido. Lo hicimos todo para ganar este encuentro en un campo muy complicado, creando m... FRANK RIJKAARD Pienso que cada uno es como un libro, con una sinopsis diferente y una portada distinta. Cada libro ... AUDREY DRY porque el camino recto del amor, ya se guíe por sí mismo, ya sea guiado por otro, es comenzar por ... PLATO Que la vida del hombre es solamente un sueño ya se le había ocurrido a bastantes, y también a mi ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Si se lo permitimos, los niños pueden enseñarnos la salida. Hay una historia muy conocida de... BRIAN L. WEISS El sufrimiento es impuesto a nosotros una y otra vez hasta que un día seríamos valientes sabios am... SUZY KASSEM La mayoría de nosotros encuentra muy difícil desear el cielo, salvo si esto significa volver a enc... C.S. LEWIS Te cuento lo que no me gusta: desde aquí no se ve el óxido, la pintura cayéndose y todo eso, pero... JOHN GREEN Y la belleza es una forma de genio más elevada, en verdad, que el genio; no tiene necesidad de expl... OSCAR WILDE La felicidad la pueden experimentar en toda su intensidad sólo los que han vivido grandes altibajos... FRANCESC MIRALLES El problema es que los humanos tienen el don de elegir precisamente las cosas que son peores para el... J.K. ROWLING la admiración por el Padre, símbolo de lo cerrado y agresivo, capaz de chingar y abrir, se transpa... OCTAVIO PAZ - Estamos jugando a pedir tres deseos. Los míos son un pastel, un baño caliente y una cama mullida... LAINI TAYLOR Que significa 'amar'? Durante anios he pensado que significa conocer a la otra persona..., conocerla... SáNDOR MáRAI Es mucho más fácil no saber las cosas algunas veces. Las cosas cambian. Los amigos se van. Y la vi... STEPHEN CHBOSKY ¿Encontraré una mujer que, fiel y benévola, comparta mi suerte brillante y generosa, cuando ahora... LEOPOLD VON SACHER-MASOCH Pero los escritores mienten, aun los más sinceros. Los menos hábiles, carentes de palabras y frase... MARGUERITE YOURCENAR Yo quería a mi papá con un amor que nunca volví a sentir hasta que nacieron mis hijos. Cuando los... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE La labor más importante del ser humano es buscar la moralidad en sus actos. Es de lo que depende nu... ALBERT EINSTEIN 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 La sociedad era horrible porque estaba loca. La sociedad civilizada es un despropósito. El dinero y... D.H. LAWRENCE que la vida es simplemente una colección de vivencias a las que les ponemos un título, cada una de... NICHOLAS SPARKS Y si eres tan lista como pareces, deberías saber que es una estupidez creer que la ciencia lo resue... RACHEL CAINE Las calles, la plaza y los edificios no hacían un pueblo, ni tan siquiera le daban fisionomía. A u... MIGUEL DELIBES Oskar cumplía treinta y siete años, y acababa de abrir una botella de coñac. Sobre su escritorio ... THOMAS KENEALLY Entro Kriztina y aquel salon oscuro se inundo de luz. No solamente irradiaba juventud, no. Irradiaba... SáNDOR MáRAI
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LEMONY SNICKET The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind. LEMONY SNICKET Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with t... LEMONY SNICKET But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby. LEMONY SNICKET I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret, ... LEMONY SNICKET I will love you as we find ourselves farther and farther from one another, where we once were so clo... LEMONY SNICKET I will love you if you don’t marry me. I will love you if you marry someone else your co-star, per... LEMONY SNICKET It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, an... LEMONY SNICKET I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. 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LEMONY SNICKET Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs when you have lost someone you love, is a sneaky thi... LEMONY SNICKET I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat... LEMONY SNICKET An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, lon... LEMONY SNICKET You may want to keep a commonplace book which is a notebook where you can copy parts of books you th... LEMONY SNICKET Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact. LEMONY SNICKET It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happine... LEMONY SNICKET It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling ... LEMONY SNICKET The hallway was lined with numbered doors, odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other, an... LEMONY SNICKET Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes yo... LEMONY SNICKET It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively.... LEMONY SNICKET I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and a... LEMONY SNICKET Of course I'm trying to trick you!" Olaf cried. "That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everybody... LEMONY SNICKET Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they... LEMONY SNICKET Aha! " My chaperone looked at me like I should aha! back, but all I could m... LEMONY SNICKET Various parts of my body told me that in the future they would appreciate it if I slept lying down o... LEMONY SNICKET There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If... LEMONY SNICKET It looked like something the Hemlock needed, or a piece of equipment a plumber had left behind. It l... LEMONY SNICKET But the world did not match the picture in my head, and instead I was with a strange, uncombed perso... LEMONY SNICKET They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I... LEMONY SNICKET It felt like the wrong thing to do, standing at the wrong door in the wrong place. We did it anyway.... LEMONY SNICKET Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except p... LEMONY SNICKET It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn’t know... LEMONY SNICKET The map is not the territory. LEMONY SNICKET I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else. LEMONY SNICKET Nothing firms up a friendship like a good-natured argument. LEMONY SNICKET You must be all a-tingle with excitement.' 'I guess so,' I said, but I did not feel a-tingle. I... LEMONY SNICKET I thought maybe if I stared hard enough, I could see the lights of the city I had left so very far b... LEMONY SNICKET The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that librarie... LEMONY SNICKET There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap,... LEMONY SNICKET I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, becau... LEMONY SNICKET There was something I was always very good at, however, and that was teaching myself not to be frigh... LEMONY SNICKET Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because chi... LEMONY SNICKET So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. I... LEMONY SNICKET The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drif... LEMONY SNICKET A mystery is solved with a story. LEMONY SNICKET I’m reminded of a book my father used to read me,” she said. “A bunch of elves and things get ... LEMONY SNICKET You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage ... LEMONY SNICKET Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will e... LEMONY SNICKET There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of pap... LEMONY SNICKET Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it befo... LEMONY SNICKET They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire... LEMONY SNICKET How clever of you to figure that out,' said a voice at the top of the stairs, and Violet, and Klaus ... LEMONY SNICKET I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do... LEMONY SNICKET There is nothing wrong with crying at the end of a long day. LEMONY SNICKET being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone... LEMONY SNICKET There are people in the world who care about automobiles, and there are people who couldn't care les... LEMONY SNICKET Perhaps I had been in another world before I was born, and did not remember it, or perhaps I would s... LEMONY SNICKET There are many mysteries I have never solved, and the hair of my chaperone is perhaps my most curiou... LEMONY SNICKET It is never seven that you count to, before you do something difficult. It is never at the count of ... LEMONY SNICKET The three of us stood there for a minute. I don’t know what Stew was thinking, and the filing cabi... LEMONY SNICKET When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you. LEMONY SNICKET I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, ... LEMONY SNICKET They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it. LEMONY SNICKET The trick to following someone without getting caught is to follow somebody who doesn't think they'r... LEMONY SNICKET I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, t... LEMONY SNICKET Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get yo... LEMONY SNICKET Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books. LEMONY SNICKET It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger. LEMONY SNICKET Nobody should feel pain all by themselves. LEMONY SNICKET There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matt... LEMONY SNICKET It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought,... LEMONY SNICKET