Rodrigo

“y allí donde existía una morada estable
se presenta una construcción imaginaria,
forma que depende sólo del pensamiento
—como erigida toda y solamente
en la imaginación.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duineser Elegien

“I think," he mumbled eventually, "I think that in order to solve the problem it is important to define it and to have some sense of what has caused it." Another empty phrase, thought Jean-Yves furiously; not only empty, but, as it happened, untrue. The causes were clearly part of general shifts in society that were beyond their powers to change. They had to adapt to this new business climate, that was all. And how could they adapt to it? This moron clearly hadn't the faintest idea.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Platform

“Y la ridícula tristeza,
como si el planeta hubiera de hecho desaparecido,
erosionado, hundido en su apogeo de sombra,
cerrado sobre sí mismo
como un camino que ya nadie recorre.”
― Elisa Díaz Castelo, Principia

“Resulta su compañía tan enfadosa que a su lado se explica uno los horrores de todas las revoluciones.”
― Julio Torri, De fusilamientos