Lorie

“Pero, ¿por qué lloras? No llores, Catalina, ya prometo serte fiel con marido y sin marido, en las carcajadas y el miedo, y amarte y respetar tus preciosas nalgas todos los días de mi vida.”
― Ángeles Mastretta, Arráncame la vida

“Él me escuchaba como si le estuviera contando las cosas más extrañas. La ventaja de las conversaciones con extranjeros es que siempre podemos atribuir la expresión más o menos consternada de nuestro interlocutor a la diferencia cultural.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

“There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away."
"Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
"Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince

“Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind