Mario Otero

“Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”
― Hilary Mantel

“On n'avait jamais vu à Marguerite d'autres fleurs que des camélias. Aussi chez madame Barjon, sa fleuriste, avait-on fini par la surnommer la Dame aux Camélias, et ce surnom lui était resté.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils, La dame aux camélias

“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall