Quizá para ti hay un mañana. Quizá para ti hay mil mañanas, o tres mil, o diez mil, tanto tiempo que puedas inundarte en él, dejarlo deslizarse como monedas a través de tus dedos. Tanto tiempo que puedes desperdiciarlo. Pero para alguno de nosotros, sólo existe el hoy. Y la verdad es que, realmente nunca lo sabes.
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PATRICK ROTHFUSS Algunas veces te levantas de la cama y ya no sabes porqué estás luchando. ¿Estás luchando el dí... EMILIO BUESO Sus Últimos Días ¿Va a vivir su último día, De la misma manera como usted... SUZY KASSEM Es como saber que eres el centro, lo único que él ve, que solo te ve a ti. Y eso es tan tierno y e... NORA ROBERTS ¿Y ella? —pregunté—. ¿Murió? Tardó en responder. Tardó mucho. — La perdí de ... ALBERT ESPINOSA El tiempo no es algo externo a nosotros, vive en nuestro interior. Sólo nosotros vivimos el pasado,... SIRI HUSTVEDT —Llegará un día en que todos nosotros estaremos muertos —dije—. Todos nosotros. Llegará un ... JOHN GREEN -Hay tres preguntas que toda mujer debe ser capaz de responder afirmativamente antes de comprometers... COLLEEN HOOVER Siempre nos cuestionamos la vida con mil preguntas que quizás no tienen una respuesta, pero ¿Por q... ED HERNANDEZ - Estamos jugando a pedir tres deseos. Los míos son un pastel, un baño caliente y una cama mullida... 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JOHN GREEN Como si el mundo se encogiera en torno a un núcleo de entidades desglosables. Las cosas cayendo en ... CORMAC MCCARTHY -Todo lo que he hecho en este año de la expiación ha terminado por dejar atrás sólo cenizas. As�... PATRICK GLEASON Lo que no resulta explicable hoy, en una situación en una inferioridad política de las mujeres se ... PAUL B. PRECIADO -"Me alegro de que hayas cedido. Me alegro de que tu autocontrol no sea tan fueste como el mio." RICHELLE MEAD No se me importa un pito que las mujeres tengan los senos como magnolias o como pasas de higo;<... OLIVERIO GIRONDO ¿Donde residen los recuerdos de las personas? ¿En los patrones de conexiones sinápticas del... MAKOTO SHINKAI Otra vez tambores de guerra, y son siempre los mismos quienes los percuten. Decía Roger Garaudy que... FERNANDO SáNCHEZ DRAGó —¿Y qué ocurre cuando uno muere? —Tampoco yo lo sé. —Entonces, ¿por qué tener m... MATTHEW DICKS Las personas realmente inteligentes, son aquellas que pueden hablar de cualquier tema y, entre esos ... ED HERNANDEZ - El amor debe ser algo que te haga perder la razón -susurró-. Algo que te ate para siempre a unos... ÁNGELES IBIRIKA La vida era como una canción. En el comienzo, hay misterio, al final, hay una confirmación, ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Cada ochenta o noventa perlas aparece un diamante. Un diamante, para que me entiendas, es una de esa... ALBERT ESPINOSA Para la mayoría de las personas, la generosidad consiste en sólo dar. Pero recibir es también un ... PAULO COELHO —Tú hablas sin palabras. Todos estamos siempre hablando sin palabras. —¿Y para qué valen... WILLIAM SAROYAN ¿Ha estado alguna vez enamorado? Horrible, ¿no? Te hace tan vulnerable. Te abre el pecho y el cora... NEIL GAIMAN «¿Y mientras tanto?», preguntó el marqués. «Mientras tanto», dijo Abrenuncio, «tóquenl... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Y la belleza es una forma de genio más elevada, en verdad, que el genio; no tiene necesidad de expl... OSCAR WILDE Yo te he nombrado reina. Hay más altas que tú, más altas. Hay más puras que tú, más ... PABLO NERUDA Tu casa, al ser el lugar donde lees, puede decirnos cuál es el lugar que los libros tienen en tu vi... ITALO CALVINO Cosas detestables Cuando uno tiene prisa por salir, llega alguien de visita y se queda ha... SEI SHōNAGON Mercy deambuló desconsolada por la casa. Era sólo una cuestión de tiempo, pero de una u otra mane... SARAH SINGLETON Cada uno, sin dejar de andar, se volvía para escuchar el fantasma de la incertidumbre, que murmurab... EDWARD BELLAMY —Si yo bajara en busca de tu alma, ni todos los querubines negros juntos podrían apartarme de ti.... SYLVAIN REYNARD —Estoy enamorado de ti, y no me apetece privarme del sencillo placer de decir la verdad. Estoy ena... JOHN GREEN - ¿Sabe que es lo peor de todo? Lo miré. No supe qué decir. - Que la voy olvidando. EDUARDO SACHERI Hay que tener un gran coraje para oponerse a nuestros enemigos, pero hace falta el mismo valor para ... J.K. ROWLING El corazón de las personas es como un pozo muy profundo. Nadie sabe lo que hay en el fondo. Sólo p... HARUKI MURAKAMI —Pero ¿cómo es posible alejarse de algo y regresar al mismo tiempo? —Resulta fácil. Pien... NEIL GAIMAN Algunos días, para no tener que enfrentarme con ella, me quedo dormida, hecha un ovillo, ... MILENA BUSQUETS El amor verdadero no era precisamente uno de esos absolutos; pregunta en la cual la palabra <>... ERNESTO SABATO Me pregunto si la gente se da cuenta de lo pequeño y cerrado que es el mundo en el que vivimos. Pod... MARIAM PARRA -Prometo solemnemente que te protegeré y que valoraré profundamente en mi corazón nuestra unión ... E.L. JAMES —Sé que el Señor tiene un propósito para cada uno de nosotros, pero a veces no consigo entender... NICHOLAS SPARKS La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínc... CARMEN MARTíN GAITE La felicidad la pueden experimentar en toda su intensidad sólo los que han vivido grandes altibajos... FRANCESC MIRALLES Ya en el escaparate de la librería localizaste la portada con el título que buscabas. Siguiendo es... ITALO CALVINO Pasara lo que pasara, se concedería otra oportunidad. Una oportunidad justa, sin importarle lo que ... NICHOLAS SPARKS —No puedo hablar sobre nuestra historia de amor, así que hablaré sobre matemáticas. No soy una ... JOHN GREEN Parar el mundo es decidir conscientemente que vas a salir de él para mejorarte y mejorarlo. Para po... ALBERT ESPINOSA A medida que transcurría el tiempo, se afirmaba en la certeza de que el mundo y la vida eran más f... ARTURO PéREZ-REVERTE Para bailar, hay que merecerlo. Bailar sobre un escenario y delante de público constituye la mayor ... AMéLIE NOTHOMB ... me paso tanto tiempo esforzándome para no decepcionar a la gente… Y qué pasa con lo que yo q... ELIZABETH EULBERG Es curioso cómo el pensamiento incurre en lo inverosímil, cómo se lo permite momentáneamente, c�... JAVIER MARíAS ...cuando alguien muere, pensamos que ya se ha hecho tarde para cualquier cosa, para todo —más a�... JAVIER MARíAS Lolita, luz de mi vida, fuego de mis entrañas. Pecado mío, alma mía. Lo-li-ta: la punta de la len... VLADIMIR NABOKOV —¿Por qué sigues creyendo en Dios? ¿No estás enfadada con Él por todas las cosas malas que te... SYLVAIN REYNARD Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero cuánto la quise. Mi voz buscaba el viento para tocar su oíd... PABLO NERUDA El amor más hermoso es un cálculo equivocado, una excepción que confirma la regla, aquello para l... FEDERICO MOCCIA ¿Quieres entender que es un año de vida? Pregúntaselo a un estudiante que acaba de suspender el e... MARC LEVY El "pero" es la palabra más puta que conozco -. "te quiero, pero..."; "podría ser, pero..."; "no e... EDUARDO SACHERI ¿Sabes lo mas divertido? Lo que es para partirse de risa? Que no es verdad, que ni siquiera lo quie... LEV GROSSMAN ...y que el sueño, cerrojo a veces para la pena de los ojos, me robe un tanto a mi propia compañí... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Todo lo que he aprendido hoy en la clase sobre Shakespeare es que a veces tienes que enamorarte de l... JACKSON PEARCE La labor más importante del ser humano es buscar la moralidad en sus actos. Es de lo que depende nu... ALBERT EINSTEIN Para eliminar el salvajismo en el mundo, hay que empezar eliminando el salvajismo de los deportes sa... MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA La voluntad, el deseo de vivir, es tan fuerte en el animal como en el hombre. En el hombre es mayor ... PíO BAROJA No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego: PABLO NERUDA
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LAUREN OLIVER Time becomes a stutter-the space between drumbeats, splintered into fragments, and also endlessly lo... LAUREN OLIVER I wonder idly how long i can go without sleep before I flip my shit and start running down the stree... LAUREN OLIVER But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, on... LAUREN OLIVER Most of the time-- 99 percent of the time-- you just don't know how and why the threads are looped t... LAUREN OLIVER You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings th... LAUREN OLIVER I love to sleep. I'm an excellent, excellent sleeper. LAUREN OLIVER Someday all the wilds will be razed, and we will be left with a concrete landscape, a land of pretty... LAUREN OLIVER Do you want any breakfast, Sam?” my mom asks. I never eat breakfast at home, but my mom still asks... LAUREN OLIVER It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road you... LAUREN OLIVER Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?" "I don't know any other way."... LAUREN OLIVER I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him... LAUREN OLIVER i think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that hav... LAUREN OLIVER And there it is: Even though we’re standing in the same patch of sun-drenched pavement, we might a... LAUREN OLIVER No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved. LAUREN OLIVER And you can't love, not fully, unless you are loved in return. LAUREN OLIVER The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own. LAUREN OLIVER It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could ... LAUREN OLIVER This is the past: It drifts, it gathers. If you are not careful, it will bury you. This is half the ... LAUREN OLIVER I don’t like that smell,” Julian says quietly. If he were less well trained, and less careful, h... LAUREN OLIVER This is the world we live in, a world of safety and happiness and order, a world without love. ... LAUREN OLIVER The devil stole into the Garden of Eden. He carried with him the disease— amor deliria ... LAUREN OLIVER It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched m... LAUREN OLIVER Things weren’t always as good as they are now. In school we learned that in the old days, the dark... LAUREN OLIVER For all the people who have infected me with amor deliria nervosa in the past - you know who yo... LAUREN OLIVER That’s a funny thing: you think, when awful things happen, everything else just stops, like you wo... LAUREN OLIVER She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why ... LAUREN OLIVER I’ll tell you another secret, this one for your own good. You may think the past has something to ... LAUREN OLIVER Everything looks stark and vivid and frozen, as though drawn precisely and outlined in ink - parents... LAUREN OLIVER Everything has taken on a strange, distant quality - the sounds of running and shouting outside get ... LAUREN OLIVER His eyes are the color of honey. These are the eyes I remember from my dreams. LAUREN OLIVER We'll walk together holding hands, and kiss in broad daylight, and love each other as much as we wan... LAUREN OLIVER Nothing has ever been so painful or delicious as being so close to him and being unable to do anythi... LAUREN OLIVER His eyes are blazing with light, more light than all the lights in every city in the whole world, mo... LAUREN OLIVER I know the rules. I've been living here longer than you have." He cracks a smile then. He nudge... LAUREN OLIVER They haven't killed us yet," I say, and I imagine that one day I will fly a plane over Portland, ove... LAUREN OLIVER ....love and desire enjoy a symbiotic relationship, meaning that one cannot exist without the other.... LAUREN OLIVER This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second ... LAUREN OLIVER I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse l... LAUREN OLIVER Alex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't re... LAUREN OLIVER I told you," he whispers back. I can feel his breath just tickling the space behind my ear, making m... LAUREN OLIVER This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to beco... LAUREN OLIVER Who knows? Maybe they’re right. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings. Maybe love is a disease... LAUREN OLIVER How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust--and also to make you feel so whole? LAUREN OLIVER My heart shoots into my throat every time I think I see his loping walk, or catch sight of some flop... LAUREN OLIVER i feel like a curtain has dropped away and i'm seeing people for who they really are, different, and... LAUREN OLIVER I want to help you,' I say to Juliet, though I know that I can't make her understand, not like this.... LAUREN OLIVER And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand o... LAUREN OLIVER Be honest: Are you surprised that I didn't realize sooner? Are you surprised that it took me so long... LAUREN OLIVER So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You ... LAUREN OLIVER I'm not with Rob," I say quickly. "Not anymore." "You're not?" He's staring at me so intensely... LAUREN OLIVER That's the thing about best friends. That's what they do. They keep you from spinning off the edge. LAUREN OLIVER That's the way I feel, at least: like there's a real me and a reflection of me, and I have no way of... LAUREN OLIVER I've never really thought about it before, but it's a miracle how many kinds of light there are in t... LAUREN OLIVER And I guess that's when it starts to hit me: the whole point is, you do what you can. LAUREN OLIVER The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler,... LAUREN OLIVER The butterflies are working their way up from my stomach into my head, making me feel dizzy, and I t... LAUREN OLIVER No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other, and the rest of the world... LAUREN OLIVER For a second we just stand there in silence. Then, suddenly, Alex is back, easy and smiling aga... LAUREN OLIVER The idea—the fact of it, the fact that he even noticed and thought about me for more than one seco... LAUREN OLIVER What does it feel like to be infected?" "I-- I can't describe it." I force the words out. Can't... LAUREN OLIVER I’m used to a feeling of doubleness, of thinking one thing and having to do another, a constant tu... LAUREN OLIVER This is the past: It drifts, it gathers. If you are not careful, it will bury you. LAUREN OLIVER I wonder what Lena is doing now. I always wonder what Lena is doing. Rachel, too: both my girls, my ... LAUREN OLIVER The dagger pin is all I have left. It is comfort and pain, both, because it reminds me of all I’ve... LAUREN OLIVER This is how Tack and Raven work: It’s their private language of push and return, argument and conc... LAUREN OLIVER Because I think you're right. You can make a difference." He told me experiences were kind of like f... LAUREN OLIVER