Alejandro Teruel

“No olvides que el escritor es el único animal de rapiña que se alimenta de sus entrañas.

(Don´t forget that writers are the only predators who feed on their own entrails).”
― Eduardo Liendo

“El país había entrado en una nebulosa donde la supuesta derecha acogía demasiados socialistas, y hasta comunistas, y la supuesta izquierda se las había arreglado para inventar una derecha”
― Miguel Gomes, Retrato de un caballero

“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.”
― Lionel Trilling

“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.”
― Ricardo Ramírez Requena, Constancia de la lluvia: Diario 2013-2014