Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because...
'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they'll be walking those same steps, but there may not be...
Always. At every moment, asleep and awake, during the most sublime and most abject moments, Amaranta thought of Rebeca, because solitude had made a selection in her memory and had burned the dimming piles of nostalgic waste that life had accumulated ...
Mary Bennet: The glories of nature. What are men compared to rocks and mountains? Elizabeth Bennet: Believe me. Men are either eaten up with arrogance or stupidity. If they are amiable, they are so easily led they have no minds of their own whatsoeve...
Marjane's grandmother: Listen. I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. If they hurt you, remember it's because they're stupid. Don't react to their cruelty. There's nothing worse than bitterness and revenge...
[first lines] District Attorney: Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night that she was murdered. Andy Dufresne: It was very bitter. She said she was glad I knew, that she hated all the sneaking around. And she said th...
Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will ...
I'm not looking for a happy ending. I'm looking for a new beginning.
El misterio eleva lo normal a la categoría de extraordinario
disappointment had to be postponed, hope kept alive as long as possible;
Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?
I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
We do not last, she thinks. In the end, only the stories survive.
A young man married is a man that's marred.
I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used.
After five seconds there was a click, and the entire Universe was there in the box with him.
Si los seres humanos no dejan de hacer ejercicio con los labios, su cerebro empieza a funcionar.
In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.
-but what people expect can change you in the end.
At the end of the world the sunset is like a child smashing a pack of crayons into God’s face.
