Sol (unlibroparamii)

“Lowering his voice, he said, "In America we have a custom. When you're given presents for your birthday, you're supposed to open them and say thank you."
Tatiana nervously looked down at the present. "Thank you." Gifts were not something she was used to. Wrapped gifts? Unheard of, even when they came wrapped only in plain brown paper.
"No. Open first. Then say thank you."
She smiled. "What do I do? Do I take the paper off?"
"Yes. You tear it off."
"And then what?"
"And then you throw it away."
"The whole present or just the paper?"
Slowly he said, "Just the paper."
"But you wrapped it so nicely. Why would I throw it away?"
"It's just paper."
"If it's just paper, why did you wrap it?"
"Will you please just open my present?" said Alexander”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“No hay que pensar nunca en perder. De sólo pensarlo se pierde”
― Daniel Glattauer, Gut gegen Nordwind

“… y es ahí, justo en ese momento, cuando te das cuenta de que las cosas sólo ocurren una vez, y por mucho que te esfuerces ya nunca volverás a sentir lo mismo, ya nunca tendrás la sensación de estar a tres metros sobre el cielo”.”
― Federico Moccia

“Te voy a añorar cada instante, cada momento del día, porque te has convertido en el sol que ilumina mi vida”
― Megan Maxwell, Deseo concedido