Lore Elizondo

“Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the business of granting sick kids one wish.
'No' I said. 'I used my Wish pre-Miracle.'
'What'd you do?'
I sighed loudly. 'I was thirteen,' I said.
'Not Disney,' he said.
I said nothing.
'You did not go to Disney World.'
I said nothing.
'HAZEL GRACE!' he shouted. 'You did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.'
'Also Epcot Center,' I mumbled.
'Oh, my God,' Augustus said. 'I can't believe I had a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“No hay que prometer nada porque las promesas son horribles ataduras, y cuando uno se siente amarrado tiende a liberarse, eso es fatal.”
― Mario Benedetti, Puentes como liebres y otros cuentos

“Me tomó de un brazo y me dijo, casi apoyándose en mí: ¿Sabés lo que te pasa? Que no vas a ninguna parte.”
― Mario Benedetti, La tregua

“The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.”
― Myles Munroe