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“¡Y yo, que amo la civilización moderna, yo que beso con el alma las máquinas,
yo el ingeniero, yo el civilizado, yo el educado en el extranjero,
me gustaría tener otra vez ante mi vista sólo veleros y barcos de madera,
no saber de otra vida marítima que la antigua vida de los mares!
Porque los mares antiguos son la Distancia Absoluta
el Puro Lejos, liberado del peso de lo Actual...”
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yo el ingeniero, yo el civilizado, yo el educado en el extranjero,
me gustaría tener otra vez ante mi vista sólo veleros y barcos de madera,
no saber de otra vida marítima que la antigua vida de los mares!
Porque los mares antiguos son la Distancia Absoluta
el Puro Lejos, liberado del peso de lo Actual...”
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“We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve, but to strive.”
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
“consistent affection for his characters is what sets Tolstoy apart. Flaubert is equally “objective,” he says, but “Flaubert’s objectivity is charged with irritability and Tolstoy’s with affection. For Flaubert everyone and everything is somehow at fault. For Tolstoy everyone and everything has a saving grace.”
“By loving people without cause, he discovered indubitable causes for loving them.” It would be hard to find a more succinct description of the chief work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart.”
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“By loving people without cause, he discovered indubitable causes for loving them.” It would be hard to find a more succinct description of the chief work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart.”
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“Leemos porque estamos solos y queremos compañía. Leemos también porque hay mucha gente alrededor y queremos estar solos.
We read because we are alone and want company.
We also read because we are surrounded by people and want to be alone.”
― Constancia de la lluvia: Diario 2013-2014
We read because we are alone and want company.
We also read because we are surrounded by people and want to be alone.”
― Constancia de la lluvia: Diario 2013-2014
“Mi ciudad es una ciudad imaginada.
La real es memoria que se pierde entre los dedos.
My city is an imagined city.
The real one is a memory slipping through fingers.”
― Constancia de la lluvia: Diario 2013-2014
La real es memoria que se pierde entre los dedos.
My city is an imagined city.
The real one is a memory slipping through fingers.”
― Constancia de la lluvia: Diario 2013-2014
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