Orlando > Orlando's Quotes

“Para cuando la razón entiende lo sucedido, las heridas en el corazón ya son demasiado profundas.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, La sombra del viento

“Alguien dijo que una vez que en el momento en que te paras a pensar si quieres a alguien, ya has dejado de quererle para siempre.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“Nunca olvides qué eres, porque desde luego el mundo no lo va a olvidar. Conviértelo en tu mejor arma, así nunca será tu punto débil. Úsalo como armadura y nadie podrá utilizarlo para herirte.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Porque si sigues con la misma personalidad, no podrás crear una nueva realidad personal.”
― Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself / Life Leverage / How to be F*cking Awesome / Mindset with Muscle

“Ninguna persona, cosa ni experiencia deben alterar en ningún momento ni lugar tu coherencia química interior. Puedes pensar, actuar y sentir de distinta manera siempre que lo desees.”
― Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

“Con el tiempo, la soledad se te mete dentro y no se va.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“¿Sabe lo mejor de los corazones rotos? Que sólo pueden romperse de verdad una vez. Lo demás son rasguños.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND
IN THE DICTIONARY
Not leaving: an act of trust and love,
often deciphered by children”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“How about a kiss, Saumensch?"

He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His pants clung to him, and he did not stop walking. In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book thief's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Most people are convinced that as long as they are not overtly forced to do something by an outside power, their decisions are theirs, and that if they want something, it is they who want it. But this is one of the great illusions we have about ourselves. A great number of our decisions are not really our own but are suggested to us from the outside; we have succeeded in persuading ourselves that it is we who have made the decision, whereas we have actually conformed with expectations of others, driven by the fear of isolation and by more direct threats to our life, freedom, and comfort.”
― Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

“Todos son completamente "libres", siempre que no interfieran con los derechos legítimos de los demás.”
― Erich Fromm, El miedo a la libertad

“Books took me to places I could never go otherwise. They shared the confessions of people I'd never met and lives I'd never witnessed. The emotions I could never feel, and the events I hadn't experienced could all be found in those volumes.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“Hay que ser más modesto cuando uno se enfrenta, cuando uno se confiesa a sí mismo, cuando uno se acerca a su última verdad, que aún puede llegar a ser más decisiva que la voz de la conciencia, porque ésta sufre de afonías, de imprevistas ronqueras, que a menudo le impiden ser audible”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua

“Ahora lo sé. No te quiero por tu cara, ni por tus años, ni por tus palabras, ni por tus intenciones. Te quiero porque estás hecho de buena madera.”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua

“Así estamos, cada uno en su orilla, sin odiarnos, sin amarnos, ajenos.”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua