Beatriz Caicedo

“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“In contrast, there has been almost no teaching observed in apes.”
― Svante Pääbo, Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

“When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.”
― Ian McEwan, Enduring Love