Xavier Bosch > Quotes

“What a strange combination yearning and fear create when they mix.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“We’re like a tree leaf. Every single one of us, a leaf. Beautiful, fragile, proud . . . imperfect too.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“L’arquitectura és, també, la lluita incessant entre l’home i la naturalesa.
És l’art que esculpeix contra el cel.
Ocupa l’espai i el gasta.
Construir una casa, posem per cas. Pensar-la, dibuixar-la, col·locar una primera pedra sobre la terra i, després d’una, una altra i una altra fins a aixecar-la, és una conversa amb la seva època.
No vol canviar el temps, sinó expressar-lo.”
― Xavier Bosch, Paraules que tu entendràs

“The absence of details is another form of torture during war.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“Think about something that made you happy today, think about something that’s made you laugh in the last year, and think about a magnificent place you’ve seen in your lifetime.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“Meditation is looking for the best solutions from within. Prayer is trying to find magical formulas from outside.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“Les hores de quiròfan no s’acaben mai. Encara que a baix no s’encantin, a l’habitació cada minut es multiplica per sis. Mires el rellotge i, igual que passa als avions, les agulles no avancen. I el tornes a mirar com si volguessis fer córrer les busques per hipnosi, però la realitat es fa cada vegada més lenta i els pensaments —tots dolents— més grossos.”
― Xavier Bosch, Paraules que tu entendràs

“As long as there was more future than past, he took being happy for granted.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“I search for the fall in winter, the water in the desert, the music in the silence.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“No facis una promesa quan siguis feliç. No prenguis una decisió quan estiguis trista. No responguis quan estiguis enrabiada.”
― Xavier Bosch, Paraules que tu entendràs

“When life takes a daughter from you, there’s no God to speak with anymore.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“The beginning of the last chapter in a person’s life story calls for respect.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“The secret to living longer and better is,” she declared with the voice of an afternoon program for children, “eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure. What?”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“«L'amor neix del record, viu de la intel·ligència i mor per l'oblit — Ramon Llull».”
― Xavier Bosch, Algú com tu

“The secret to living longer and better is,” she declared with the voice of an afternoon program for children, “eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches

“When he’s a year old, he doesn’t get up and start walking out of nowhere. First, he crawls, then he holds himself up, then he falls on his butt. A day comes when he takes two steps and teeters until he’s able to walk a little better each time.”
― Xavier Bosch, What the Light Touches