Valeria

“It was only at the moment of death that they admitted their despair and rushed headlong towards the great, dark doors that I opened for them, leaving the sterile plain where their lives had gone awry without a backward glance, eager to embrace another world which perhaps didn’t exist, but they preferred nothingness to the futile succession of empty days.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“They were both smiling happily, and I was very much impressed, for happiness has always seemed to me a great achivement”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

“Although I did not share my father´s aversion to ugliness, which often led us to associate with stupid people, I felt vaguely uncomfortable with anyone devoid of physical charms.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

“Y llorar. A escondidas. No llorar delante de ellos. Maldecirlos mientras lloro.”
― Zana Muhsen, Sold