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

“There are boys here who have to mend their shoes whatever way they can. There are boys in this class with no shoes at all. It’s not their fault and it’s no shame. Our Lord had no shoes. He died shoeless. Do you see Him hanging on the cross sporting shoes? Do you, boys?”
― Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes