C. BC

“Thus, as far as he is a scientific man, as far as he knows anything, he is a materialist; outside his science, in spheres about which he knows nothing, he translates his ignorance into Greek and calls it agnosticism.”
― Friedrich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

“La necesidad de sentirse triste se le iba convirtiendo en un vicio a medida que le devastaban los años.”
― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“¡Carajo! -gritó.
Amaranta, que empezaba a meter la ropa en el baúl, creyó que la había picado un alacrán.
-¡Dónde está! -preguntó alarmada.
-¿Qué?
-¡El animal! -aclaró Amaranta.
Úrsula se puso un dedo en el corazón.
-Aquí -dijo.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“I wanted to fathom her secrets; I wanted her to come to me and say: "I love you," and if not that, if that was senseless insanity, then...well, what was there to care about? Did I know what I wanted? I was like one demented: all I wanted was to be near her, in the halo of her glory, in her radiance, always, for ever, all my life. I knew nothing more!”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler