“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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“He was rather like a Christmas tree whose lights, wired in series, must all go out if even one bulb is defective.”
― Nine Stories
― Nine Stories
“I never bore people I haven't known for at least a thousand years.”
― Nine Stories
― Nine Stories
“Si quieres saber quién eres, camina hasta que no haya nadie que sepa tu nombre. Viajar nos pone en nuestro sitio, nos enseña más que ningún maestro, es amargo como una medicina, cruel como un espejo. Un largo tramo de camino te enseñará más sobre tí mismo que cien años de silenciosa introspección.”
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“Pero es bueno hablar de flores en otoño. Nos da la esperanza de la primavera.”
― Adultery
― Adultery
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