“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
“...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa.”
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
― Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
“No sé si me equivoco, pero creo que la soledad tiene que ver con la cantidad de amor que alguien ha sentido y recibido; ese volumen de gracia te preserva del desplome.”
― La Novena
― La Novena
“Un hombre puede ser él mismo mientras esté solo; si no ama la soledad, no amará la libertad; porque sólo cuando se está solo se es realmente libre.”
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“Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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