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Related De lo que hemos dicho se desprende que la tarea del poeta es describir no lo que ha acontecido,... ARISTOTLE Todo su cuerpo se estremeció, de la forma en que siempre lo hacía cuando la besaba. Nunca se aburr... CASSANDRA CLARE Pero en los casos en los que no ha sido costumbre sino el más íntimo impulso el que nos ha llevado... HERMANN HESSE Desde el siglo XVI ha entrado la humanidad toda en un proceso gigantesco de unificación, que en nue... JOSé ORTEGA Y GASSET En cierto sentido, la visión del mundo que tenía el Partido se imponía con éxito a gente incapaz... GEORGE ORWELL El pueblo antiguo que deseaba tener una clara armonía moral en el mundo, ordenaba primero su vida n... CONFUCIUS Así, la suerte de la mujer y la del socialismo están íntimamente ligadas, como se ve también SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR No tenían tiempo para pensar en el futuro. Pero luego las expectativas de vida empezaron a aumentar... JOHN GREEN El corazón que ha encerrado se marchita lentamente y le crece pelo, lo que simboliza su propio desc... J.K. ROWLING Que significa 'amar'? Durante anios he pensado que significa conocer a la otra persona..., conocerla... SáNDOR MáRAI Cuando los adultos dicen: “Los adolescentes piensan que son invencibles”, con esa sonrisa maños... JOHN GREEN En sí misma, toda idea es neutra o debería serlo; pero el hombre la anima, proyecta en ella sus ll... CIORAN En la amistad como en el amor se es más feliz por las cosas que se ignoran que por las que se saben... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Se puede vivir sin leer, es cierto: pero también se puede vivir sin amar: el argumento hace aguas c... RICARDO MENéNDEZ SALMóN Me pregunto si la gente se da cuenta de lo pequeño y cerrado que es el mundo en el que vivimos. Pod... MARIAM PARRA El amor desesperado consiste en inventarse un personaje, exigir a la persona amada que lo represente... ELIZABETH GILBERT Y, entonces, en ese instante que tan solo dura un segundo, el cerebro se encarga de abrir la cerradu... AUDREY DRY La mayoría de nosotros encuentra muy difícil desear el cielo, salvo si esto significa volver a enc... C.S. LEWIS El hombre no domina la naturaleza, sino que, fundándose sobre el conocimiento de unas cuantas leyes... ERICH FROMM Pero el amor puede transformar en belleza y dignidad cosas bajas y viles, porque no ve con los ojos,... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Creo que si alguna vez tengo hijos y están disgustados, no les diré que la gente se muere de hambr... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Siempre hay un momento, justo antes de empezar a leer, en el que el corazón me da un vuelco y me pr... NICHOLAS SPARKS La desgracia de Adam Appleby era que, en cuanto despertaba del sueño, su conciencia se inundaba inm... DAVID LODGE Cuando se ha hecho la guerra apenas sabe ya nadie lo que es un muerto. Y además un hombre muerto so... ALBERT CAMUS ¡Ay, ese niño, cuánto lo quería! ¡Se parecía muchísimo a mi pobre Henry! ¡Pero había decidi... HARRIET BEECHER STOWE En Harvard y otras universidades, estudiaron la importancia de la actitud en el éxito de las person... JOHN C. MAXWELL Gran parte de una desgracia cualquiera consiste, por así decirlo, en la sombra de la desgracia, en ... C.S. LEWIS Resulta difícil hablar de moral; lo que ha sucedido es que hemos inventado unos principios morales ... T.H. WHITE Dolor y muerte. Dos palabras que podrían resumir lo que ocurrió en Hollow Hallows a finales de su ... CARLOS J. EGUREN la admiración por el Padre, símbolo de lo cerrado y agresivo, capaz de chingar y abrir, se transpa... OCTAVIO PAZ Apenas llegado a Sharax, el fatigado emperador había ido a sentarse a la orilla del mar, frente a l... MARGUERITE YOURCENAR Es la imagen más pura de la mujer amada: la que aún no conocemos totalmente, la que se revelará, ... HENRI BARBUSSE Así pues, tanto las sociedades como los grupos humanos más pequeños pueden tomar decisiones catas... JARED DIAMOND - No creo, señor, que tenga usted derecho a darme órdenes simplemente porque es mayor que yo o por... CHARLOTTE BRONTë La Lotería, con su reparto semanal de enormes premios, era el único aconteci... GEORGE ORWELL Como ve, todos tenemos en nuestro interior los elementos necesarios para producir fósforo. Es más,... LAURA ESQUIVEL Cuando pensaba en él muriendo, que admito que no ha sido muchas veces, siempre pensaba en lo que di... JOHN GREEN 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 El primer paso, indispensable para lograr las cosas que desea obtener en la vida, es el siguiente: d... JACK CANFIELD Entro Kriztina y aquel salon oscuro se inundo de luz. No solamente irradiaba juventud, no. Irradiaba... SáNDOR MáRAI ¿Ha estado alguna vez enamorado? Horrible, ¿no? Te hace tan vulnerable. Te abre el pecho y el cora... NEIL GAIMAN Y la moraleja de esta historia es que no recuerdas lo que pasó. Lo que recuerdas se convierte en lo... JOHN GREEN Del presente recordaremos sólo aquello que la memoria quiera conservar, pero ella no es libre, se t... CRISTINA PERI ROSSI Desde que me convertí en el director de este colegio no ha pasado una semana sin que haya recibido ... J.K. ROWLING Esa pareja equilibrada no es una utopía ; existen tales parejas, a veces incluso en el mismo marco ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR —¿Cómo una persona puede sentirse sola cuando está rodeada de gente? —le pregunté. —S... AUDREY DRY Mi abuela tenía una teoría muy interesante; decía que todos nacemos con una caja de fósforos ade... LAURA ESQUIVEL Si quedaba alguna esperanza, debía estar en los proles, porque solo en esas masas... GEORGE ORWELL Necesitaba decirle, en silencio, que las cosas cambian, crecen o se marchitan, pero que la vida cont... JOJO MOYES Quizás todo se trata de la forma en que lo miras. Tal vez hubo cosas que yo veía como feas y otras... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Cosas detestables Cuando uno tiene prisa por salir, llega alguien de visita y se queda ha... SEI SHōNAGON Hace poco encontraron en el bosque un caballo salvaje. Estaba muerto. En otro lugar, una liebre. No ... SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH Ustedes piensan primero en obtener la producción más grande posible en el menor tiempo posible. No... ALDOUS HUXLEY Si es cierto que las casas se impregnan de la vida transcurrida entre sus paredes, en el caso de los... ISABEL ALLENDE Ha sido evidentemente por aquello que llamamos responsabilidad que el primate se convirtió en human... FERNANDO SILVA SANTISTEBAN Pero en esto yerran los jóvenes tan a menudo y tan gravemente. Ellos, en cuya naturaleza está el n... RAINER MARIA RILKE «¿Y mientras tanto?», preguntó el marqués. «Mientras tanto», dijo Abrenuncio, «tóquenl... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ No se resista a dejarse invitar por ella si tiene más dinero. Si usted no es un gigoló, ella no va... JOSEP-VICENT MARQUéS Le rodeó la cintura con un brazo, con un nudo en la garganta. —¿De veras? —De veras.... NALINI SINGH La voluntad, el deseo de vivir, es tan fuerte en el animal como en el hombre. En el hombre es mayor ... PíO BAROJA Las mujeres contribuyen más de la mitad de la nación y no es posible hacer labor legislativa seria... CLARA CAMPOAMOR ¿Llegará el día en que sea capaz de sacármela de la cabeza? Incluso ahora que la situación en l... ADRIANA GONZáLEZ MáRQUEZ [...]sabía que el organismo producía tres tipos de lágrimas, cada una con su propia composición ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ningún escritor se convierte en minoritario autor de culto por sí solo. Es el lector, que creye... RAFAEL LECHOWSKI Sentada enfrente de mis borradores, de repente me invadió el pánico como cuando un mago descubre q... ZHOU WEIHUI El corazón de las personas es como un pozo muy profundo. Nadie sabe lo que hay en el fondo. Sólo p... HARUKI MURAKAMI En griego, «regreso» se dice nostos. Algos significa “sufrimiento”. La nostalgia es, pues, el ... MILAN KUNDERA El peor tipo de llanto no era el tipo que todos podían ver, los lamentos en las esquinas, el desgar... KATIE MCGARRY La marea comienza a descender. Los árboles afirman nuevamente sus raíces en la tierra. Las olas VIRGINIA WOLF A medida que transcurría el tiempo, se afirmaba en la certeza de que el mundo y la vida eran más f... ARTURO PéREZ-REVERTE Nunca ha existido un esclavo que no escogiera ser esclavo. Puede que la elección fuera entre los gr... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN La labor más importante del ser humano es buscar la moralidad en sus actos. Es de lo que depende nu... ALBERT EINSTEIN Polly había llorado tanto que se sentía deshidratada. El llanto juvenil es una cosa y el llanto ad... LAURIE COLWIN El mundo no se divide en gente buena y mala; todos tenemos luz y oscuridad dentro de nosotros, lo qu... J.K. ROWLING No confíes en cosas que tengan la capacidad de pensar pero de las cuales no sepas dónde tienen el ... J.K. ROWLING ¿ Por qué morían tan jóvenes?, se pregunta Stefan Zweig hablando de aquella generación y de su ... WILLIAM OSPINA Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY Gracia…, esa es mi palabra favorita de la iglesia. Un estado del ser, algo por lo que puedes rezar... ELIZABETH SCOTT pero el amor puede transformar en belleza y dignidad lo que es grosero, deforme y vulgar. El amor ve... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nunca lo he considerado así, pero ahora tengo la impresión de que era inevitable que me ocurriera.... BANANA YOSHIMOTO Nadie sabe lo que sucede en la vida de nadie, salvo en la propia. Y cuando le arruinas una parte de ... JAY ASHER Los amantes y los locos tienen desbocado el seso, y son dados a forjar fantasías que abarcan más d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE El problema es que se recuerda esta lista con una intensidad tal que su mismo ardor confunde los hec... THOMAS KENEALLY Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro... JULIO CORTáZAR Había una vez un hombre bajito y extraño que decidió tres cosas importantes acerca de su vida: MARKUS ZUSAK Pongámonos de acuerdo en qué es la igualdad, pues si la libertad es la cima, la igualdad es la bas... VICTOR HUGO Ella, sin duda, era la encarnación de la belleza que encontraba en la Tierra. Tenía que pasar por ... ANAGABY ARRIETA Se sabe que las bicicletas han tratado por todos los medios de remediar su triste condición social.... JULIO CORTáZAR Si se lo permitimos, los niños pueden enseñarnos la salida. Hay una historia muy conocida de... BRIAN L. WEISS 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 RECUERDE LA FLOR DE LOTO Las grandes personas siempre se burlaban de los que se sie... SUZY KASSEM En la vida no todo es seguridad. Es ser capaces de recoger los pedazos después de que todo haya pas... SHERRILYN KENYON La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínc... CARMEN MARTíN GAITE La mujer nunca podrá encontrar un objeto que realmente colme sus expectativas, por la sencilla raz�... TOLSTOI Amaba tan entrañablemente su patria, que jamás quiso dudar de que fuese también la mía por temor... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Escribo para que la quimera de lo vivido se convierta en esa realidad imaginaria mucho más viva. ANDRES MONTENEGRO (...) Le tiré de la camisa, queriendo besa su piel. Él se apartó y se irguió. -¿En la... MARIA V. SNYDER Sí, estaba cansado de que se enfadara sin razón aparente, de cómo se enfurruñaba y hacía refere... JOHN GREEN La vida seria imposible si todo se recordase. El secreto esta en saber elegir lo que debe olvidarse. ROGER MARTIN DU GARD El desarrollo de software comparte con el deporte profesional la característica de lograr que los t... NEAL STEPHENSON
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JACK ZIPES Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, ... JACK ZIPES The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because ... JACK ZIPES Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfu... JACK ZIPES What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly th... JACK ZIPES Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it. JACK WILD I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business h... JACK WILD I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a... JACK WILD I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ... JACK WILD I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree... JACK WILD It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar... JACK WILD There is no buzz like performing for a live audience. JACK WILD At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t... JACK WILD My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb. JACK WILD I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am. JACK WHITTAKER It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off. JACK WHITTAKER If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it. JACK WHITTAKER I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet. JACK WHITTAKER I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs. JACK WHITTAKER I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes. JACK WHITTAKER Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&... JACK WHITEHALL I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing. JACK WHITEHALL Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no... JACK WHITEHALL My dad doesn't hug me enough! JACK WHITEHALL I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ... JACK WHITEHALL My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc... JACK WHITEHALL I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me. JACK WHITEHALL I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm... JACK WHITEHALL I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely. JACK WHITEHALL There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms. JACK WHITEHALL I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up. JACK WHITEHALL Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho... JACK WHITEHALL I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha... JACK WHITEHALL Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around. JACK WHITEHALL When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te... JACK WHITEHALL Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa... JACK WHITEHALL I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ... JACK WHITEHALL If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing. JACK WHITEHALL I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ... JACK WHITEHALL I vote for whoever will annoy my dad. JACK WHITEHALL When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp. JACK WHITEHALL I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ... JACK WHITEHALL I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on. JACK WHITEHALL I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it. JACK WHITEHALL If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ... JACK WHITEHALL Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ... JACK WHITE A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th... JACK WHITE I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ... JACK WHITE I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my fri... JACK WHITE There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so ... JACK WHITE If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and e... JACK WHITE We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer s... JACK WHITE I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But... JACK WHITE I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want th... JACK WHITE I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into thing... JACK WHITE I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther... JACK WHITE Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get ... JACK WHITE I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my li... JACK WHITE I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bong... JACK WHITE With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. ... JACK WHITE When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h... JACK WHITE