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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 2a75624 | That's not a logical argument. I know it isn't. The thing isn't Earth-logic anyway. | John W. Campbell Jr. | ||
| 38930e2 | If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death. But that will come in time...Not today. | George Pelecanos | ||
| e8017f3 | But memory is a drug. Memory can hold you against your strength and against your will... | Beryl Markham | ||
| 0bfd6af | our hostess backed out of the room, grinning vapidly. She had long since forgotten the meaning of a smile, but the physical ability to make the gesture remained. I felt that the grin...would shatter if it were touched and fall to the floor in pieces. | Beryl Markham | ||
| 178ee2b | We laughed at some things because we had grown so much older; we were serious about others because we were still so young. | Beryl Markham | ||
| 16e2831 | How is it possible to bring order out of memory? | Beryl Markham | ||
| 161a006 | A life has to move or it stagnates. | Beryl Markham | ||
| baeb2d7 | To venture ... close (to a lion) on foot ... would mean the sudden shattering of any kindly belief that the similarity of the lion and the pussy cat goes much beyond their whiskers. But then, since men still live by the sword, it's a little optimistic to expect the lion to withdraw his claws, handicapped as he is by his inability to read our better effusions about the immorality of bloodshed. | danger killing lions | Beryl Markham | |
| dcf75bc | It was ... disconcerting to examine your charts before a proposed flight only to find that in many cases the bulk of the terrain over which you had to fly was bluntly marked: 'UNSURVEYED.' It was as if the mapmakers had said, 'We are aware that between this spot and that one, there are several hundred thousands of acres, but until make a forced landing there, we won't know whether it is mud, desert, or jungle -- and the chances are we won.. | maps | Beryl Markham | |
| b1b94b3 | The hours that made them were good, and so were the moments that made the hours. I have had responsibilities and work, dangers and pleasure, good friends, and a world without walls to live in. These things I still have, I remind myself -- and shall have until I leave them. | Beryl Markham | ||
| 78853e3 | love thy neighbour' is less a pious injunction than a rule for survival. If you meet one in trouble, you stop -- another time he may stop for you. | Beryl Markham | ||
| 57a6d8a | This town) doesn't look like anything; it isn't anything. Its five tin-roofed huts cling to the skinny tracks of the Uganda Railway like parasites on a vine. | small-towns | Beryl Markham | |
| 4d5e61a | My mother says that reading is thinking,' Sofia said. 'Not that we read and then we think, but rather that we think something and then we read it in a book as if it were written by us, although it's not written by us. Rather, someone in another country, in another place, in the past, writes it like a thought that hasn't been thought yet, until, by chance, always by chance, we find the book that clearly expresses what had been, confusingly, .. | Ricardo Piglia | ||
| 3c097d6 | Estoy convencido de que nunca nos sucede nada que no hayamos previsto, nada para lo que no estemos preparados. Nos han tocado malos tiempos, como a todos los hombres, y hay que aprender a vivir sin ilusiones | citas-de-la-vida latin-american-authors literatura-argentina memorable-quotes quotes-about-life ricardo-piglia | Ricardo Piglia | |
| b01a7d9 | Pero la diferencia es abismal, es la misma diferencia que existe entre luchar para vencer y luchar para no ser derrotado. | Ricardo Piglia | ||
| c86c9ee | the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is necessary to have previously believed in that world and its possibilities. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 8da29bd | La noche, la infancia, las tinieblas, las tinieblas, el terror y la sangre, carne y sangre, los suenos, los abismos, abismos insondables, soledad soledad soledad, tocamos pero estamos a distancias inconmensurables, tocamos pero estamos solos. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 8111cfc | Vivir sin creer en algo es como ejecutar el acto sexual sin amor. | vivir | Ernesto Sabato | |
| a84db34 | Y la miraba alla arriba, inquieto, como quien vigila a un equilibrista querido que se mueve en zonas peligrosisimas y sin que nadie pueda prestarle ayuda. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 5a4a180 | Aquella noche tuve un sueno agitado. Al despertarme casi me asuste, en la madrugada, no recorde inmediatamente los hechos del dia anterior y hasta que tuve plena conciencia mire con sorpresa la confusa realidad que me rodeaba. Pues no nos despertamos de golpe, sino en un complejo y paulatino proceso en que vamos reconociendo el mundo originario como quien viene de un larguisimo viaje por continentes lejanos e imprecisos, y en que despues de.. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 9b812f3 | Mi cerebro es un hervidero, pero cuando me pongo nervioso las ideas se me suceden como en un vertiginoso ballet."(less)" -- | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 9af3038 | La masificacion suprime los deseos individuales, porque el Superestado necesita hombres-cosas intercambiables, como repuestos de una maquinaria. Y en el mejor de los casos, permitira los deseos colectivizados, la masificacion de los instintos: construira gigantescos estadios y hara volcar semanalmente los instintos de la masa en un solo haz, con sincronica regularidad. Mediante el periodismo, la radio, el cine y los deportes colectivos, el .. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| e43efdf | Que el mundo es horrible, es una verdad que no necesita demostracion. Bastaria un hecho para probarlo, en todo caso: en un campo de concentracion un ex pianista se quejo de hambre y entonces lo obligaron a comerse una rata, pero viva. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 1219e5c | Todo nino es un artista que canta, baila, pinta, cuenta historias y construye castillos. Los grandes artistas son personas extranas que han logrado preservar en el fondo de su alma esa candidez sagrada de la ninez y de los hombres que llamamos primitivos, y por eso provocan la risa de los estupidos. | childhood inspirational | Ernesto Sabato | |
| f19ec01 | La felicidad esta rodeada de dolor. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 0c9810e | lt`Sb. l bd 'n ylHqh hws lHwH, wl shy ymkn 'n y`lw `l~ `mlh. fkl shy mkrs lhdh l'mr. bdwn hdh lt`Sb l ymkn tHqyq 'y shy jwhry | الهوس الكتابة الرواية التأليف التعصب | Ernesto Sabato | |
| 9dbdb1c | La existencia, como al personaje de la Nausea, se me aparecia como un insensato, gigantesco, gelatinoso laberinto; y como el, senti la ansiedad de un orden puro, de una estructura de acero pulido, nitido y fuerte. ... Y asi, nuestras busquedas, nuestros proyectos o trabajos nos quitan de ver los rostros que luego se nos aparecen como los verdaderos mensajeros de aquello mismo que buscabamos, siendo a la vez, ellos, las personas a quienes no.. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 6a2ea1f | w`m@ klm yjry lHdyth fy lfn `n lnq, nkwn `l~ thq@ b'n ftr@ l`qm qd jy't. wTlm 'n mthl hdh lhws hw 'mr khTr 'w bbsT@ hw mDHk blnsb@ lltSwyr 'w lsh`r. fmdh `lyn qwlh fy Hl@ lrwy@ lty hy `ml Gyr nqy sh'n lt'rykh ldhy hw Snwh lmkhbwl wlkdr? | العقم الفن النقاء الرواية الشعر الثقة تصوير | Ernesto Sabato | |
| c6e591d | Essa irresolucao de lancar-se ao nada absoluto e eterno foi o que me deteve em todos os meus projetos de suicidio. Apesar de tudo, o homem e tao apegado ao que existe que acaba preferindo suportar sua imperfeicao e a dor que causa sua fealdade, a aniquilar a fantasmagoria com um ato de vontade propria. | Ernesto Sabato | ||
| 14b1371 | tHwl Tby`@ lnsn kl syr@ dhty@ l~ kdhb mHtwm. bfDl l'qn`@ wHdh, sw lkrnfly@ 'm l'dby@, ttjr' lns `l~ Zhr Hqy'qh (lrhyb@) wl'khyr@. wt`ny klm@ (Presona) lqn`, wbhdh lm`n~ dkhlt llG@ wlmsrH. | الكرنفال المسرح القناع السيرة-الذاتية | Ernesto Sabato | |
| be413fa | Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won't kiss. I won't touch." Echo flashes that siren smile. "What if I want to kiss you?" "You're trying to kill me, aren't you?" | kill kiss noah-hutchins shower | Katie McGarry | |
| 5c8ab34 | My patience finally snapped. I swept her up and swung her over my shoulder, her bare feet dangling in front of me. Tinkling laughter filled the room. I tossed her onto the bed. Her fire-red hair sprawled over the pillow. My siren smiled up at me. I said. Echo blinked and raw hunger replaced the laughter that danced in her eyes moments before. Her delicate fingers glided up my arm, exciting every cell. The sultry tone caused something.. | comfortable echo-emerson intimate noah-hutchins stay | Katie McGarry | |
| 572e8c1 | Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining. This business | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 55d8747 | I know how old most seafood is on Monday -- about four to five days old! | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 79a2b77 | Practicing your craft in expert fashion is noble, honorable and satisfying. And I'll generally take a standup mercenary who takes pride in his professionalism over an artist any day. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 235424a | advertising 'Discount Sushi'. I can't imagine a better example of Things To Be Wary Of in the food department than bargain sushi. Yet the place had customers. I wonder, had the sign said 'Cheap Sushi' or 'Old Sushi', if they'd still have eaten there. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 5a23f88 | who can carry The incineration of a Universe? | Ovid | ||
| e817c9e | Looking at these photographs, I know that I will never understand the world I live in or fully know the places I've been. I've learned for sure only what I don't know - and how much I have to learn. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 636d984 | Portugal was the beginning, where I began to notice the things that were missing from the average American dining experience. The large groups of people who ate together. The family element. The seemingly casual cruelty that comes with living close to your food. The fierce resistance to change - if change comes at the expense of traditionally valued dishes. I'd see this again and again, in other countries far from Portugal. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 15e2cf1 | Food, it appeared, could be important. It could be an event. It had secrets. | food food-writing secrets | Anthony Bourdain | |
| c254671 | How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest. | happiness life love naivete pretty-little-things | Louisa May Alcott | |
| 8637b35 | The whole suggestion is predicated on a damnable fucking lie--the BIG lie, actually--one which Richman himself happily helped create and which he works hard, on a daily basis, to keep alive. See ... it makes for a better article when you associate the food with a personality. Richman, along with the best and worst of his peers, built up these names, helped make them celebrities by promoting the illusion that they cook--that if you walk into.. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 3397089 | I remember it well, because it was such a slap in the face. It was a wake-up call that food could be important, a challenge to my natural belligerence. By being denied, a door opened. | Anthony Bourdain | ||
| 0378538 | Toast your goddamn muffins. | Anthony Bourdain |