Lorena > Lorena's Quotes

“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“Debe ser una regla general que los solitarios no simpaticemos ¿O será que sencillamente, somos antipáticos?”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua

“Tengo la horrible sensación de que pasa el tiempo y no hago nada y nada acontece, y nada me conmueve hasta la raíz”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua

“En definitiva, ¿importa algo la memoria? "A veces me siento desdichada, nada más que de no saber qué es lo que estoy echando de menos", murmuró Blanca, mientras repartía los duraznos en almíbar. Nos tocaron tres y medio a cada uno.”
― Mario Benedetti

“What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“What I saw wasn't a ghost. It was simply--myself. I can never forget how terrified I was that night, and whenever I remember it, this thought always springs to mind: that the most frightening thing in the world is our own self. What do you think?”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories

“Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

“People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“There is a reason God limits man's days.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“I made such a fool of myself,” she lamented.
“Love does not make you a fool.”
“He didn’t love me back.”
“That does not make you a fool, either.”
“Just tell me …” Her voice cracked. “When does it stop hurting?”
“Sometimes never.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“You set your heart too much on things, Anne,” said Marilla, with a sigh. “I’m afraid there’ll be a great many disappointments in store for you through life.” “Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Collection

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Collection

“her. But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Collection

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

“There are so many things in this room and all so splendid that there is no scope for imagination. That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Collection

“Life has a way of shattering our expectations, of leaving our hopes in pieces without explanation. But when there's love in a family, the fragments left behind from our shattered dreams can always be pulled together again, even if the end result is a mosaic.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say