“every man believes that he can tame a nymph but it only leads to the grave — for the man.”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“an intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“It is only through writing that I become myself”
― Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo
― Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo
“His mind was freshly inclined toward sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow; that everyone labored under some burden of sorrow; that all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged, neglected, overlooked, misunderstood), and therefore one must do what one could to lighten the load of those with whom one came into contact; that his current state of sorrow was not uniquely his, not at all, but, rather, its like had been felt, would be felt, by scores of others, in all times, in every time, and must not be prolonged or exaggerated, because, in this state, he could be of no help to anyone and, given that his position in the world situated him to be either of great help, or great harm, it would not do to stay low, if he could help it.”
― Lincoln in the Bardo
― Lincoln in the Bardo
“No mi Valentín querido, eso no sucederá, porque este sueño es corto pero es feliz”
― Kiss of the Spider Woman
― Kiss of the Spider Woman
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