Alejandro Pelaez

“Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well-bred woman, contenting herself with merely giving her husband a gentle reprimand on the subject five or six times every day.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen: The Complete Collection

“Humans thereby came to identify lawns with political power, social status and economic wealth.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

“You have a good mind, a beautiful physique and a possible successful future outlook—but that now is up to you [he wrote when she turned eighteen]. You are the mistress of your future. All your mother and dad can do is to look on, advise when asked and hope and wish you a happy one. There’ll be troubles and sorrow a plenty but there’ll also be happy days and hard work. From a financial standpoint your father has not been a shining success but he has tried to leave you something that (as Mr. Shakespeare says) cannot be stolen—an honorable reputation and a good name. You must continue that heritage and see that it is not spoiled. You’re all we have and we both count on you.”
― David McCullough, American History

“El principito nunca renunciaba a una pregunta una vez que ya la había formulado.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, El principito