Thirst Quotes
Thirst
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Marina Yuszczuk8,358 ratings, 3.46 average rating, 2,249 reviews
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“This afternoon, I walk along the gray paving stones and wonder where I’ll be buried, whether I’ll rot slowly underground or in one of those neatly stacked niches way up high, where a single wilted carnation bears witness to the fleeting nature of memory.”
― Thirst
― Thirst
“Por años las llevaría conmigo sintiendo que todo lo que ocurría no era más que una pausa entre su gesto de abrir la boca y ese grito, que no llegaba nunca. El mundo se había quedado en silencio para mí.”
― La sed
― La sed
“Lo que me extrañó fue darme cuenta de que a ella le parecía que yo no podía con todo, que necesitaba cierto alivio, cosa que yo hasta el momento no me había planteado. Me pareció que era mi trabajo tratar de sostenerlo todo, no derrumbarme.”
― La sed
― La sed
“Later, we rest beside a young woman holding a bouquet of roses. A few of the flowers are scattered near the stairs leading to the monument. Flowers no one gathered before they turned to stone. Possibly lost. I'm gripped by a sudden sadness at how fitting that image is, the long-standing notions that any life cut short is like a flower torn from its roots, an error of nature.”
― Thirst
― Thirst
“He got anxious every evening and would ask to go outside to see if the moon was there—sometimes in tears, other times more calmly—and I would have to take his hand and bring him to the front door of our building so he could check the sky.”
― Thirst
― Thirst
