Aleja Uru

“At what moment?" she asked him. "At what moment do we cease to be humans and become objects?"

Blaise continued to make his way in silence, carrying the lamp at arm's length to spread its light as far as possible. When he finally replied, it was in a different voice from usual, deeper, calmer, and without the slightest stutter: "Some humans are objects while they're alive, Mademoiselle Eulalia.”
― Christelle Dabos, La Mémoire de Babel

“Pronto tendrá la ocasión de comprobar que acá escondemos toda la mugre bajo una triple capa de barniz.”
― Christelle Dabos

“The first time I saw you, I formed a very poor opinion of you. I thought you had no common sense and no character, and wouldn't make it to the marriage. That would forever remain the biggest mistake of my life.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“I think I’m starting to get used to you”
― Christelle Dabos, A Winter's Promise