While the Women Are Sleeping Quotes

“. . .the books we don't read are full of warnings; we will either never read them or they will arrive too late.”
― Javier Marías, While the Women Are Sleeping

“she barely moved and was, of course, concerned only with her own beautification and cleanliness. She dozed or was, at any rate, lying down, eyes closed, on her front, on her back, on one side, on the other, covered in sunscreen, her gleaming arms and legs always fully extended so that no part of her would remain untanned, no fold in her skin, even her armpits, even her groin (nor, it goes without saying, her buttocks),”
― Javier Marías, While the Women Are Sleeping

“The next day, they put me in a black coffin and then in the hearse that took me to the cemetery. Not many people turned up. After the brief service, everyone left and I was alone. At first, I didn't like it here at all, but I'm used to it now, and I enjoy the silence. I see Esperancita once a month, and the boys every other month, and that's all: this is my life and my death, where there is nothing.”
― Javier Marías, While the Women Are Sleeping