Karla Fernández > Karla's Quotes

“Read what gives you delight—at least most of the time—and do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person who is delighted chiefl y by what some people call Great Books, don’t make them your steady intellectual diet, any more than you would eat at the most elegant of restaurants every day. It would be too much. Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.”
― Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

“Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.”
― J.I. Packer, 18 Words: The Most Important Words You Will Ever Know

“He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.”
― Augustine

“la buena literatura podía ser embriagadora sin renunciar al hilo conductor de las ideas.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“La literatura no es un oficio, es una enfermedad; uno no escribe para ganar dinero o caer bien a la gente, sino porque intenta curarse, porque está infectado, porque lo ha ganado la tristeza.”
― Ricardo Menéndez Salmón

“No me interesa la credibilidad, sino la libertad, y he descubierto que escribir puede proporcionarla. ”
― Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

“Si tienes algo que decir, no llames por teléfono, escribe un libro.”
― Alejandro Mos Riera

“A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine.”
― D. L. Moody

“A veces uno amanece con ganas de extinguirse… Como si fuéramos velitas sobre un pastel de alguien inapetente. A veces nos arden terriblemente los labios y los ojos y nuestras narices se hinchan y somos horribles y lloramos y queremos extinguirnos… Así es la vida, un constante querer apagarse y encenderse.”
― Julio Cortázar