“How hard it is for a father‚ when he’s loved his son dearly and done all he can to make him into an honest man‚ to find out in the end that all he’s got is a scoundrel who’s a disgrace to him! An accident of fate one can get over. It fades with time‚ as does the grief it causes. But what remedy is there for an evil that grows worse every day‚ as happens with the dissolute behaviour of a depraved son who’s lost all sense of honour? You’ve nothing to say‚ wretch‚” he added. “Just look at that false modesty and hypocritical meekness. Anyone would think you were the most honest man alive!”
― Manon Lescaut
― Manon Lescaut
“Cómo la necesito. Dios había sido mi más importante carencia. Pero a ella la necesito más que a Dios.”
― La tregua
― La tregua
“Mire, yo le puedo asegurar que cuando una mujer se pierde, siempre hay un hombre ruin, cretino, denigrante, que primero le hizo perder la fe en sí misma”.”
― La tregua
― La tregua
“Love is an innocent passion. How is it that, for me, it's turned into a source of misery and immortality?”
― Manon Lescaut
― Manon Lescaut
“Ahora me gusta recordar y visitar en un periodo determinado los lugares donde una vez fui feliz a mi manera, me gusta levantar mi presente en consonancia con un pasado que ya no va a volver y suelo vagar como una sombra, sin necesidad y sin objetivo, apesadumbrado y triste, por las calles y rincones de San Petersburgo. ¡Y en todas partes hay recuerdos!”
― Noches blancas
― Noches blancas
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